(MENAFN) Britain should back General Khalifa Haftar to restore stability and defeat "jihadist terrorism" in Libya and reconsider its support for the UN-backed unity government in Tripoli, a right-wing think tank with links to Britain's Conservative party has said.
A report by the Conservative Middle East Council (CMEC), released weeks after a delegation visited Haftar in Libya, says the general has maintained a "large degree of order and governance" in eastern Libya and urges the UK to "engage" with Haftar to bring an end to people-trafficking from the country's ports.
In contrast, the report says the UK should reconsider its support for the unity government, also known as the Government of National Accord (GNA), .
which it says has been unable to exercise control over militias in western areas that are "plagued by disorder and insecurity" and dominated by "warlords and criminal gangs".
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