British Foreign Minister visits eastern Libya, meets with HoR Speaker
The British Foreign Minister, Boris Johnson, arrived Friday in Tobruk, eastern Libya, to meet with the Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Aqilah Saleh, after he met with Tripoli-based GNA officials.
The British FM was accompanies by the British Ambassador to Libya, Peter Millett.
Saleh and the Johnson discussed the UK’s support for Libya and how the HoR is backing up new efforts to reach a solution to the current political crisis in Libya.
Saleh also told Johnson that the HoR is ready to form a new committee to keep the dialogue going until a proper solution for Libya and the Libyans is found.
On Thursday, the UK Foreign Minister met with the Head of the High Council of State (HCS) Abdel Rahman Al-Sweihli, in the HCS’s headquarters in Tripoli.
The two discussed the joint interests and the mutual relations between the two countries in different fields.
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