Senior Eastern Libyan Military Official Meets Ministers, Joseph Muscat

Senior eastern Libyan military official meets ministers, Joseph Muscat

Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri, Foreign Affairs Minister and former prime minister Joseph Muscat separately held talks on Sunday with Lieutenant General Saddam Khalifa Abu al-Qasim Haftar, deputy commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA). The government said the meeting with Camilleri focused on strengthening relations between Malta and Libya, described as “very good”, with...

Joseph Muscat receives Saddam Haftar in highly irregular meeting - The Maltese Herald

Disgraced former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has received Saddam Haftar, the Deputy-Commander of the Khalifa Haftar’s armed forces at his public office in Saint Maison. Saddam Haftar and his father, Khalifa Haftar, run eastern Libya via an illegal government and an armed military force, and are involved in extensive oil trafficking and United Nations sanctions-violations. They are also close military allies to Russia and Belarus and host Russia…