Libya’s Parliament-backed PM says he discussed efforts to hold elections with U.S. officials

Libya’s Parliament-appointed prime minister, Fathi Bashagha, discussed with U.S. senior officials efforts to hold timely and transparent elections and to ”establish economic and political security,” he said in a tweet early on Wednesday.

The eastern-based parliament appointed Bashagha in March, but the sitting prime minister, Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, refused to cede power leading to a prolonged standoff between the two rival governments.

PHOTO – Fathi Bashagha. EPA-EFE/STRINGER