The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces loyal to the Government of National Unity (GUN) based in Tripoli, General Mohammed al Haddad, is expected in these hours on an official visit to Moscow. This was revealed by the Russian ambassador to Libya, Haider Aghanin, in an interview with the Tripoli television station "Libya Al Ahrar”. Haddad's mission comes a few days after the visit to Russia of Khaled Haftar, son of General Khalifa Haftar, in his capacity as commander of the Security Forces of the Libyan National Army (NLA) based in Benghazi, in eastern Libya. At the center of the talks, the sources explain, will be the latest security and military developments in Libya, but also economic, oil and gas files. Yet Russia also maintains relations with western Libya, as demonstrated by the reopening of the embassy in Tripoli last February and Haddad's current mission to Moscow.

Source: Libya Today May 13, 2024 09:33 UTC