Libyan Army Denies Reports About Setting Up Russian Military Base In Eastern Libya

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Libyan army denies reports about setting up Russian military base in eastern Libya

Libya's eastern-based army spokesman Ahmad Mismari on Sunday denied reports that General Khalifa Haftar requested setting up a Russian military base in eastern Libya, Xinhua report quoted the Libyan News Agency as saying

TRIPOLI,(APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Feb, 2018 ) :Libya's eastern-based army spokesman Ahmad Mismari on Sunday denied reports that General Khalifa Haftar requested setting up a Russian military base in eastern Libya, Xinhua report quoted the Libyan News Agency as saying.

Mismari denied a statement made by the head of Russian contact group on Libya, Lev Dengov, published by an Egyptian newspaper regarding Haftar's request to set up a military base in eastern Libya.

The spokesman confirmed that there is a fallacy in the news. The Egyptian newspaper, Youm 7, on Sunday published an interview with Dengov, during which he said that Haftar has requested establishing a Russian military base in the east of the country.

Haftar has close ties with the Russian authorities and has made a number of official visits over the past few years to discuss Moscow's support for the Libyan army in the war on terrorism.

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