Hafter rejects Macron call for unconditional ceasefireBy Sami Zaptia. London, 23 May 2019:Libyan National Army (LNA) commander, Khalifa Haftar, rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Tripoli fighting during his talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris yesterday. Hafter was reported to have said that he was willing to negotiate a ceasefire ‘‘if certain conditions are met’’. However, so far, Hafter’s forces have been successfully repelled to the outskirts of Tripoli by the forces allied to Faiez Serraj and his internationally-recognized government. The Macron-Hafter meeting was reported by French media to have been held behind closed doors and comes two weeks after Macron Paris meeting with Faiez Serraj the head of Libya’s Presidency Council and Government of National Accord.

Source: Libya Herald May 23, 2019 17:03 UTC