Ean Libya news website reported a European source as saying that the UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame was pressured by France in order to meet with Khalifa Haftar in Al-Rajma, near Benghazi, especially after he became a political outcast in western Libya and by the Head of the Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sirraj. The website also added that Salame doesn't consider the Cyrenaica Society - formed in May to represent eastern Libya as its members reject Haftar's war on Tripoli - an alternative to Haftar in the political process as it has no power on the ground. Salame met Saturday in Al-Rajma with Haftar and discussed the reasons that led to the war on Tripoli and the consequent humanitarian crisis in the capital. UNSMIL said on Twitter that Salame and Haftar discussed also ways possible to reach a transition to a political solution in Libya. Salame also met with several elders and notables of eastern Libya - staunch followers of Haftar - in Benghazi and told them of the UNSMIL's willingness to have a wider presence in the eastern region.

Source: Libya Observer June 23, 2019 18:00 UTC