Tuesday, 18 May, 2021 - 17:30
US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Joey Hood meets with GNU head Abdulhamid Dbeibeh, in Tripoli, Libya May 18, 2021. (Handout via Reuters)
Asharq Al-Awsat
The United States on Tuesday sent its highest-level official to Libya since 2014 in what it called a signal of Washington's increased focus on efforts to resolve the country's crisis.
Acting assistant secretary of state Joey Hood met Libya's new Government of National Unity (GNU) head Abdulhamid Dbeibeh and Presidential Council chief Mohammed al-Menfi.
"The goal of the United States is a sovereign, stable, unified Libya with no foreign interference, and a state that is capable of combating terrorism," he said at a joint news conference with Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush.