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Libya’s Haftar to Accept Ceasefire in Cairo Today: Diplomats

Libya’s Haftar to Accept Ceasefire in Cairo Today: Diplomats

(Bloomberg) --

Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar has accepted an Egyptian-sponsored ceasefire and a political initiative to end the war he launched more than a year ago to take the capital Tripoli, two Western diplomats said.

Haftar is expected to take part in a ceremony attended by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Libyan parliament speaker Aguileh Saleh later on Saturday in Cairo, the officials said, asking not to be identified because the agreement hasn’t yet been publicly announced.

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