Lieutenant General Saddam Haftar, Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA), met with senior U.S. officials in Washington, including President Trump’s adviser Masad Boulos, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Tim Lenderking, and U.S. Special Envoy to Libya Ambassador Richard Norland.
According to a statement by the U.S. Embassy in Libya posted on X (formerly Twitter), the meeting was held on Monday at the U.S. Department of State. Saddam Haftar attended the talks as an official envoy of the Commander-in-Chief of the LNA, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.
The U.S. side reaffirmed its vision of a “safe, united, and prosperous Libya” built on strong technocratic institutions such as the National Oil Corporation and the Central Bank of Libya. These institutions, it said, would allow for deeper cooperation between Libya and the United States, including American companies.
The embassy emphasised that the U.S. will continue to engage with officials from both eastern and western Libya and support Libyan-led efforts to unify military institutions while respecting national sovereignty.
The visit follows the recent docking of the U.S. Navy’s USS Mount Whitney, a flagship of the Sixth Fleet, in both Tripoli and Benghazi. During that visit, American officials met with local authorities in both cities to discuss strengthening military cooperation and backing Libya’s ongoing efforts to unify its armed forces.
The dual visit by U.S. naval assets and Libyan military officials to Washington signals a renewed interest in deepening security ties between the two nations amid ongoing political fragmentation in Libya.
