Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri travelled to Tripoli early on Saturday morning to attend a remembrance ceremony in honour of General Muhammad Ali Ahmad Al-Haddad, who died along with other officials in an a plane crash in Turkey. In a statement, the ministry said the visit was as a gesture of respect reflecting the strong and growing relationship between Malta and Libya. On Christmas Eve, General Mohammed Al-Haddad was among eight people who died after a Maltese-registered private jet crashed near Ankara. During the ceremony, Camilleri conveyed condolences on behalf of the Maltese government and people to Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the leadership of the Libyan Ministry of Defence, the Libyan Army and the people of Libya. General al-Haddad had served as Libya’s army chief of general staff since August 2020 and was a key figure in UN-backed efforts to reunify the country’s divided military.

Source: Libya Today December 27, 2025 21:16 UTC