A Foreign Ministry statement marked the first official word on the talks the day before between Field Marshal Khalifa Hafter and Prime Minister Fayez Serraj, who had refused to meet for months. The UAE Foreign Ministry described the meeting "as an important step on the road to reaching a tangible progress in the political process in Libya." Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, a close ally of Hafter, is scheduled to visit the UAE on a trip beginning Wednesday. It's unclear if talks on Libya will continue during his visit and if he'll be involved. But he stressed that there are many rival factions in Libya still not represented by any of its splintered governments.

Source: Egypt Independent May 04, 2017 09:00 UTC