UN chief visiting Libya ‘to prevent major confrontation’ between rivals after Cairo talks

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is visiting Libya to prevent a major confrontation between rival authorities in the country, AP reported. On Wednesday, Guterres said that Libya was at the center of talks with Egypt President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi during his two-day visit to Cairo. The UN chief says he hopes that a meeting between Khalifa Haftar, leader of the self-styled Libyan National Army, and Fayez Sarraj, head of the UN-backed government earlier this year in Abu Dhabi will be an important step to guarantee unifying Libya’s institutions. Guterres’s visit to Libya comes two weeks before a UN-brokered national conference aimed at uniting the country and charting a roadmap to elections.