2021-05-19 03:55:59 GMT2021-05-19 11:55:59(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
TRIPOLI, May 18 (Xinhua) Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush on Tuesday stressed the importance of strengthening political legitimacy in the country by addressing security issues and imposing national sovereignty in all Libya.
She made the remarks during a meeting with U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Joey Hood in Tripoli, the Libyan Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
She spoke of uniting the Libyan institutions and liberating the national sovereign decisions from any material or moral coercion, whether internally or externally, the statement said.
The Libyan foreign minister also stressed the need to end foreign interference, provide services for the people, develop the work of official institutions and launch a comprehensive national reconciliation.
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