The Embassy of Libya in

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is the

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to the

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. It is located at 1460 Dahlia Street NW Washington, DC 20012, in the

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neighborhood.

History

Currently, Fadil Omar is acting Chargé d'affaires of the Embassy of Libya since 17 July 2023, after the end of mission of Khaled Daief the former acting as chargé d'affaires of the Embassy. Prior to August 2021, Wafa Bughaighis was ambassador. The former ambassador is Ali Aujali. As a result of the

2011 Libyan civil war The Libyan civil war, also known as the First Libyan Civil War and Libyan Revolution, was an armed conflict in 2011 in the North African country of Libya that was fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and rebel groups that were ...

, in March 2011, the U.S. suspended relations with the Libyan embassy in Washington, D.C. In July 2011, at an international conference on Libya held in Turkey, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that the US had decided to formally recognize the

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as the country's "legitimate authority". In August 2011, the

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approved plans to allow the National Transitional Council to re-open the Libyan embassy in Washington. The embassy officially re-opened on 12 August with Ali Aujali accredited as the head of the mission.

References

External links

Official website of the Libyan Embassy in Washington DC
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Libya–United States relations