Marshal Khalifa Haftar (C), the military leader of the so-called Libyan National Army and Libya’s parallel parliament based in the eastern city of Tobruk, is greeted upon his arrival at Al-Kharouba airport south of the town of al-Marj, about 80 km east of the Mediterranean port city of Benghazi on December 3, 2016 after his visit in Russia. (AFP)

In November last year, Haftar met with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow to request military support for the Libyan army. (File photo: AFP)

Russian military team in Libya to meet Haftar, Saleh Issa

In November last year, Haftar met with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow to request military support for the Libyan army

Staff writer, Al Arabiya English

Published: 11 January ,2017: 12:00 AM GST Updated: 20 May ,2020: 10:53 AM GST

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Russian military delegation arrived on Wednesday in Libya’s port city of Tobruk to meet Khalifa Haftar, the Commander-in-Chief of the National Army of the House of Representatives in Tobruk, as well as the President of the Libyan House of Representatives Aguila Saleh Issa, Al Hadath reported.

In November last year, Haftar met with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow to request military support for the Libyan army.

The move comes as Lavrov praised Libya’s military role in countering terrorism and the maintenance of the independence of Libya, pointing out that Russia still adheres to the arms embargo decision by the UN Security Council.

Diplomatic sources close to Haftar leaked information that the Libyan army chief tried to persuade the Russian side to move to cancel the decision on the embargo or to supply arms and military equipment through a third party. However, Moscow stuck to the decision of the UN Security Council and act according to the international law.

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