Is the circumstance in Libya near a defining moment? The new president meets Haftar in Benghazi

John Smith
2 min readFeb 12, 2021

The new impermanent brought together government, which has the errand of going with Libya to public races on December 24, 2021, as per the guide concurred by the Libyan Political Dialog Forum (LPDF) could work. All the far-off nations appear to be happy with the result of the vote in Geneva, albeit Prime Minister Abdelhamid Bdeiba has not yet reported his administration group and conferences are in progress.

To have the option to discuss a triumph with sureness, it will be important to hang tight for the arrangements of key clergymen, for example, the new top of the Interior Ministry, which should have the endorsement of heterogeneous furnished gatherings in the Western District. Then, nonetheless, the contention among East and West appears to have been survived. While the discussions between the 5 senior officials of the Government of National Accord (GNA) and the 5 of the Libyan National Army (LNA) in the city of Sirte go on, yesterday the new top of the Presidential Council went to Benghazi, in eastern Libya, to meet with General Haftar.

On Thursday evening, Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar got the new President of the Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Menfi, in his office at the General Command of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces in Al-Rajma. The Army General Command expressed that, during the gathering, Haftar and Menfi traded their perspectives, and the help of the military for the harmonious interaction was affirmed. The LNA reaffirmed its endeavors with regards to voting based system and the tranquil exchange of force, inviting the new Presidency Council and the Temporary National Unity Government, assigned by the Libyan Political Dialog Forum (LPDF) to go with Libya in the public races on December 24, 2021.

As per nearby media reports, the new president Al-Menfi showed up yesterday at Benina air terminal, where he was gotten by the delegate of the General Command (LNA) in the Joint Military Committee (JMC 5 + 5) alongside some senior officials and agents of the Eastern District. As per a few news sources, the journalists present at Benina air terminal griped that they were not permitted to cover the appearance of the new President, while his staff wouldn’t address their inquiries. Today Menfi is relied upon to meet the leader of the Parliament, Aguila Saleh Issa.

This is the primary authority visit by the president assigned by the LPDF. The past Tripoli-based government, addressed by Fayez al-Serraj, never focused on the eastern district and there are no records of Serraj’s visits to Rajma since its foundation. The greater part of the gatherings occurred outside the country, in the shadow of their unfamiliar allies. The new transitory government was chosen not to take power, but rather to encourage the change, binding together the organizations, and supporting the specialists worried to permit reasonable races to be held in 8 months.

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