Salame meets Hafter in eastern LibyaBy Sami Zaptia. London, 23 June 2019:‫UNSMIL head, Ghassan Salame‬⁩, met with Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar, at Hafter’s headquarters in Al-Rajmeh (eastern Libya) yesterday. The UNSMIL head is keen to bring both parties back to the negotiation table in an effort to find a political solution. The equitable distribution of Libya’s rentier-state wealth by western Libya (Tripoli) is an oft quoted grievance by the rest of Libya outside Tripoli – and especially by eastern Libya. Eastern Libya was particularly marginalized by the Qaddafi regime as a result of its resistance to its rule.

Source: Libya Today June 23, 2019 13:52 UTC