France resumed its embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Monday after a seven-year closure.
“The embassy reopened in Tripoli on March 29, 2021,” said a tweet from the diplomatic mission.
Last week, Mohammad Menfi, head of the Libyan Presidency, announced during a press conference during his visit to Paris that the French embassy in Tripoli would be resumed.
In July 2014, amid unrest following the 2011 ouster of strongman Moammar Gadhafi, the embassy closed its doors in Tripoli, but continued its work from Paris.
Since then, France has supported Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar’s militia with weapons and ammunition.
In July 2016, the French Ministry of Defense announced the deaths of three of its soldiers in the northeastern city of Benghazi, which is under Haftar’s control.
On February 5, Libyan delegates elected Menfi as head of a three-member presidential council and Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the new prime minister.
Elections in the North African country are scheduled for December.
