Haftar meets US ambassador and AFRICOM commander in east Libya
The commander of Operation Dignity in eastern Libya, Khalifa Haftar, has met with the US ambassador to Libya, Peter W. Bodde, and the commander of US AFRICOM, General Thomas D. Waldhauser in Al-Rajma – the headquarters of Haftar’s so-called National Army in eastern Libya.
The meeting that took place on Wednesday was reported by pro-Haftar media.
The meeting comes one day after the US announced that it will step up its presence in Libya and according to the CNN that it will reopen its embassy in Tripoli and reestablish its presence in Benghazi.
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