PARIS, (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron wants to meet Libyan eastern commander Khalifa Haftar to push a ceasefire and resume peace talks, France's foreign minister said on Tuesday. Macron last week called for a ceasefire in the month-long battle for Libya's capital Tripoli after meeting U.N.-backed Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj. A day after meeting Macron, the internationally recognised government asked 40 foreign firms including French oil major Total to renew their licences or have their operations suspended. "It's for this reason that the president wanted to meet one and the other to support the U.N. A French diplomatic source could not confirm when the meeting could take place or whether Paris' objective was to bring the two men together as it has done twice previously.

Source: Libya Today May 14, 2019 14:15 UTC