KUWAIT CITY, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah has denied reports on Kuwait opening an embassy in Libya, the official Kuwait News Agency reported Tuesday.
The recent visit by Kuwaiti Ambassador Mubarak Al-Adwani to Libya is only to check up on the conditions of the diplomatic mission there, the report quoted Al-Jarallah as saying.
During the visit, Al-Adwani met with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj in Tripoli to discuss the situation in the country, but no date had yet been set to open the embassy.
Libya is suffering from tense political and security conditions since the revolution in 2014, as the country is torn between the struggle of two governments over power, the report said.
Libya has been suffering from a civil war since the 2011 ouster and death of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, which led to a divided country governed by two governments, a UN-backed one in Tripoli and a parliament-backed, military-oriented one in Tobruk.
Tobruk's government was internationally recognized before a unity government was formed in 2015 in Tripoli, known as the Government of National Accord (GNA), under a UN-brokered peace deal reached in Skhirat, Morocco.
Supported by the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army led by Khalifa Haftar, the parliament-backed government in Tobruk refuses to recognize the UN-backed unity government in Tripoli.
