Overview
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with LNA deputy commander Saddam Haftar on Monday to discuss ways to unify Libya's military, economic and political institutions.
- The effort builds on a White House adviser Massad Boulos's transitional proposal that would keep Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah in office while elevating Saddam Haftar to a senior national executive role under a shared governing framework.
- Washington has already helped broker concrete confidence-building moves such as a unified public spending agreement covering public wages and the National Oil Corporation and US-supervised joint military drills.
- Regional partners including the UAE, Turkey, Egypt and Italy have been active in recent talks, and critics warn the US-led push could sideline the UN process or reinforce unelected elites if it proceeds too fast.
- The plan links political talks to big economic incentives from Libya's oil sector, and observers say restored unity could unlock major foreign investment and higher oil output while reshaping daily life by stabilizing wages, services and security.