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The European Commission has consistently engaged with leaders from eastern Libya, including the military led by Khalifa Haftar, at a "technical level" to discuss migration management, an EU official told Euronews.
The Commission and the European border and coast guard agency Frontex are hosting a Libyan delegation on migration for two “technical visits” this week, the institution confirmed during a Friday press conference. Meetings will occur in Brussels and at Frontex headquarters in Warsaw.
The exchange will bring “all sides” of Libya and EU civil servants together in the same room. It confirmed the presence of the government of eastern Libya and its military arm, both of which are not internationally recognised. However, an EU official described sitting in the same room with the unrecognised government and its operational army as nothing new.
“We have ha
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