- Title: Libyan PM meets Macron for talks in France
- Date: 25th July 2017
- Summary: LA CELLE-SAINT-CLOUD, FRANCE (JULY 25, 2017) (AGENCY POOL) EXTERIOR OF TALKS VENUE FRENCH EUROPE AND FOREIGN MINISTER, JEAN-YVES LE DRIAN, ARRIVING WITH LEBANESE ACADEMIC, GHASSAN SALAME FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, ARRIVING, GREETING LE DRIAN LIBYAN PRIME MINISTER, FAYEZ AL-SERRAJ, ARRIVING, MEETING MACRON AND LE DRIAN, POSING FOR PICTURES, GOING INSIDE VARIOUS OF MEETING BETWEEN MACRON, AL-SERRAJ AND OFFICIALS
- Embargoed: 8th August 2017 15:18
- Keywords: Libya conflict talks war Serraj Macron France
- Location: LA CELLE-SAINT-CLOUD, FRANCE
- City: LA CELLE-SAINT-CLOUD, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0016R7V3UV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH 2195-LIBYA-SECURITY/FRANCE-FILE
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Libya's Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj for talks outside of Paris on Tuesday (July 25), and was later to be joined by the divided country's eastern commander Khalifa Haftar.
The French presidency hopes they will agree on a conditional ceasefire and to work towards elections, according to a draft statement it sent in error.
The draft statement was the result of negotiations between emissaries of the Libyan rivals and French officials but its content could still be subject to some changes, a source at the Elysee said.
Past attempts at peace deals in oil-producing Libya were often scuttled by internal divisions among the myriad of competing armed groups that emerged in chaos and fighting since rebels toppled strongman Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. - Copyright Holder: POOL (CAN SELL)
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