Libyan PM Dbeibeh receives Tunisian president Wednesday

CAIRO - 17 March 2020: Libya's new interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh received on Wednesday Tunisian President Kais Saied which is the first visit by a Tunisian president to Libya since 2012

The visit aims as supporting the democratic path in the country after the election of the new government.

Saied was welcomed at the airport in Tripoli by Presidential Council Chairman Mohamed al-Manfi.

Before 2011, oil-rich Libya was a major customer for Tunisian farm produce and building materials as well as migrant labour.

Libya was in recent years split between a Government of National Accord in Tripoli, and an eastern-based administration, backed by strongman Khalifa Haftar.The two sides reached a ceasefire in October.

While the GNA has been supported by Turkey and Qatar, Haftar has been backed by the United Arab Emirates, Russia and Egypt.