Hammond Visiting Libya to Discuss Support to Government of National Accord

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The British top diplomat arrived in Libya for talks with the head of the country's government of national accord.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said Monday that he is visiting Libya's city of Tripoli to discuss support to the country's government of Fayez Serraj.

​Since country’s long-standing leader Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown in 2011, two rival governments have been formed in Tobruk and Tripoli, and many areas of the country are under the control of local administrations and militias who do not answer to any central government.

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In December, Libya’s rival governments — the internationally-recognized Council of Deputies based in Tobruk and the Tripoli-based General National Congress — agreed to create a Government of National Accord to end the political struggle.

On Saturday, French media reported that French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier also arrived in Tripoli.

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