THE GOVERNMENT OF WAR-torn Libya announced on Thursday that William Burns, director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was in capital Tripoli for discussions with senior Libyan officials.
By visiting Tripoli, Burns became the
highest-ranking American government official to travel to the North
African country under the presidency of Joe Biden.
According to reports
in the Libyan media, Burns spent most of Thursday in Tripoli, where he
met with Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, a controversial businessman who is serving
as prime minister in the Government of National Unity (GNU). Burns also
met with GNU Minister of Foreign Affairs Najla al-Mangoush, as well as
with Hussein al-Ayeb, who leads the GNU’s intelligence agency. The CIA
director also met with Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar (pictured), head of
the Libyan National Army (LNA), which nominally supports the GNU’s rival
government in eastern Libya, the visit (GNS), which —unlike the GNU— is
not recognized by the United Nations. Notably, Burns did not meet with
Fathi Bashagha, the self-styled ‘prime minister’ of the GNS.
Al-Monitor reported
that the subject of the GNU’s relations with Russia was high on the
agenda during Burns’ visit, as was the subject of Libya’s energy exports
to Europe. Counterterrorism was also discussed, which is unsurprising,
given that last month the GNU surrendered Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud
Kheir Al-Marimi to American authorities. Washington alleges that
Al-Marimi was involved in the 1988 downing of Pan Am Flight 103 over
Lockerbie, Scotland, which was conceived and plotted by the regime of
the late Colonel Moammar al-Gadhafi. The move was seen as an attempt by
the GNU to strengthen relations with Washington, in light of the
challenge it faces from the GNS and the LNA.
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