Libya’s prime minister rejects normalization with Israel following secret meeting of ministers

Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — One of Libya’s rival prime ministers has rejected the prospect of normalizing relations with Israel days after news broke of a secret meeting between the countries two foreign ministers. Last Sunday, the Israeli Foreign Minister publicly announced that he and Libya’s Foreign Minister had held a private meeting met in Rome the previous week. It is illegal to normalize ties with Israel under a 1957 law in Libya, which has long been hostile toward Israel. During a ministerial meeting Thursday he said “unfortunately there was individual in the government who acted independently,” in reference to the meeting.