Libya’s eastern-based putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar-led administration ordered an EU commissioner and ministers from three member states to depart instantly on Tuesday after they arrived in Benghazi for scheduled talks.
Accusing the bloc’s delegation of a “flagrant breach of diplomatic norms,” the authorities mentioned they’d canceled its go to and informed it to “leave Libyan territory immediately.”
The EU govt arm, the European Commission, didn’t instantly reply to AFP requests for remark.
The delegation had flown in from the Libyan capital, Tripoli, the place it held talks with the U.N.-backed Government of National Unity of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah.
Led by the EU commissioner for inner affairs and migration, Magnus Brunner, the delegation additionally included the inside ministers of Italy and Malta, Matteo Piantedosi and Byron Camilleri, and Greek Migration Minister Thanos Plevris.
Straight after their arrival in Benghazi, the pinnacle of the jap administration, Osama Hammad, declared all 4 males persona non grata.
He referred to as on all diplomats and representatives of non-governmental organizations to “respect the sovereignty of the Libyan state,” with out elaborating.
Since the autumn of Moammar Gadhafi in 2011, Libya has been tormented by conflicts between armed factions and stays deeply divided. An internationally acknowledged authorities operates in Tripoli within the west, whereas illegitimate forces led by putchist Gen. Khalifa Haftar management the nation’s east.
Source: www.dailysabah.com