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The British ambassador to Libya called on the putsch general Khalifa Haftar to withdraw all mercenaries from the war-torn country. Ambassador Caroline Hurndall made the statement on Twitter after visiting Haftar in the eastern city of Benghazi on Sunday. She also called on all sides to work with the UN Secretary-General for Libya, Stephanie Williams. In a separate post, Hurndall said she also held a meeting with Deputy Governor Ali al Hibri on the unification of Libya's central bank. "We discussed…

Libya's interim prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah met with heads of diplomatic missions in the capital, Tripoli, on Tuesday to discuss the political situation in the midst of the eastern parliament's appointment of Fathi Bashagha as prime minister. A statement from the Unity Government noted that Dbeibah had told the Heads of Mission that the government was aiming to hold elections as part of the UN Roadmap. In response, the ambassadors told Dbeibah that the necessary work had to be done to hold…

Free and fair elections in Libya should be held "in the shortest possible time," said UN Special Adviser to Libya Stephanie Williams as she met with senior politicians, stressing the need for calm. Williams said on Twitter that she met the Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, and also Fathi Bashagha, named by the parliament of the East-based pro-Putist General Khalifa Haftar, to lead a new government in a process rejected by the government. incumbent Prime Minister.…