By Dr. Theodore Karasik and Giorgio CafieroOn March 27, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman hosted Libyan General Khalifa Haftar for talks at the al-Yamamah Royal Palace in Riyadh. This visit, which occurred one day before the Saudi monarch departed for the annual Arab League summit in Tunis, marked the first meeting between Haftar and King Salman. With the Saudi king, the Libyan commander discussed the “latest developments” in Libya’s civil war that erupted in 2014. King Salman affirmed Riyadh’s “keenness for the security and stability of Libya.”The substance of this meeting between King Salman and Haftar is not known to the public. Libya is important to this vision as illustrated by Haftar’s meeting with King Salman.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 01, 2019 00:00 UTC