Warlord Khalifa Haftar met Wednesday with the Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu at the HQ of the Russian Defence Ministry, during which they discussed ways to resolve the Libyan crisis and the fight against “terrorism”, according to Haftar’s the information office.

The office added that Haftar led a delegation of commanders of his forces to meet senior Russian officials and discuss developments in the domestic and international arena and bilateral relations between the two countries.

The visit comes prior to Palermo Conference on Libya, which is scheduled to be held on 12 and 13 of this month.

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