US Chief of Staff: Anticipated Meeting for Al Saraj and Commander of Africom.
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Washington, 5 May 2016(Lana) The US Commander of Joint Chiefs of
Staff Joseph Danford has announced an anticipated meeting between the
Head of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord
Fayez Al Saraj and the Commander of US Forces in Africa 'Africom'
David Rodriquez.
The US Chief of Staff indicated that the US administration was
discussing with the Government of National Accord what assistance it
needed to fight State Organisation Da'esh.
The UN Defence Department website quoted the US official as saying
the Commander of US forces in Africa Danford has met the US Envoy to
Libya Jonathan Winer and the US Ambassador Peter Bode to discuss
developments in Libya, indicating that an anticipated meeting would
be held between them and the GNA to discuss assistance needed by the
later from a security perspective and also from a perspective of
operations against Da'esh.
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