Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a meeting with the commander of the Libyan National Army, Field Marshal Khalifa Khaftar, Izvestia reports.. During the conversation, the minister said that the solution of the situation in Libya should only take place on the basis of the UN and be implemented for the development of a dialogue between the key Libyan leaders.

Lavrov said: "Now it is very important politically to mediate all mediation ideas around the UN.

At the same time, this activity itself is seen not as aimed at developing recipes, but as contributing to creating the most favorable conditions for a dialogue between key figures in Libya so that they themselves agree on the future of their country ".

The Russian Foreign Minister also stressed that the situation in Libya is still tense, there remains a high threat of extremism.

He said that a newly appointed Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Libya.