Intel: US ambassador meets Libya's Hifter in Cairo

The US envoy is for pushing for cooperation with Libya's planned elections in December, State Department says.
Richard Norland and Khalifa Hifter
US Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland (L)has traveled to Cairo to meet with Libyan military strongman Khalifa Hifter (R). Here, Norland speaks after the US Infinera and Hatif Libya companies signed an agreement to develop the national network of communication in Libya's capital, Tripoli, on July 26, 2021, while Hifter attends a conference on Libya on Nov. 12, 2018, at Villa Igiea in Palermo, Italy. - MAHMUD TURKIA (L) / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (R) / AFP via Getty Images
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Jared Szuba
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US Ambassador Richard Norland met Wednesday with Libyan warlord Khalifa Hifter in Cairo in a continuing bid to help reunify the country after a decade of civil war.

Norland’s meeting with Hifter comes as preparations for Libya’s December parliamentary and presidential elections — which are to follow last year’s UN-backed cease-fire — are faltering.

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