US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to welcome representatives from both eastern and western Libya to Washington for talks aimed at formalizing the country's reunification. The initiative follows recent Egyptian-led mediation in Tripoli and US diplomatic engagement with Gulf allies.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to convene representatives of Libya's rival eastern and western administrations in Washington, according to an unconfirmed report. The stated goal is to formally reunify the country, which has been divided between the UN-recognized Government of National Unity in Tripoli and the House of Representatives-backed government in the east since 2014.
The move follows weeks of US and Egyptian diplomatic activity. Egypt's intelligence chief Hassan Rashad held talks in Tripoli on Monday for unity negotiations. Rubio himself completed a Gulf tour this week that stopped in the UAE, Kuwait, and Bahrain — three states that maintain ties with both Libya's factions. As The Zioneer reported earlier this week, the US secretary has been working to persuade Gulf allies on regional initiatives.
No date for the Washington talks has been confirmed, and the report — attributed to a single unsourced post — could not be independently verified. The administration has not issued a formal statement on the matter.
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