From Tunisia .. Al-Sarraj and an American official emphasize the importance of stopping the fighting in Tripoli

The acting US embassy in Libya has met with the head of the presidential council of the National Reconciliation Government, Fayez al-Sarraj, while the Tunisian military judge is investigating a Libyan military pilot who landed in Tunisia, the US embassy in Libya said.

The US embassy said in a statement that Serraj and Harris stressed during the meeting the importance of an immediate end to the fighting in Tripoli and the speedy return of the political process mediated by the United Nations.

The embassy said that Al-Serraj discussed with the US charge d'affaires "the continued cooperation between Libya and the United States to combat terrorism."

Al-Serraj's visit to Tunisia follows the landing of a military aircraft belonging to retired Major General Khalifa Hafter, who is on a public road in the southern Tunisian state of Medenine.

A source in the Tunisian foreign ministry declined to discuss the objectives of the visit, although it was linked to the military aircraft belonging to Hafter.

The Tunisian defense ministry said on Tuesday that a military investigating judge was continuing to investigate the pilot, a colonel, while the plane was in a military facility under investigation.

Hafar's forces announced that the plane had been damaged by navigation equipment, forcing it to land in southern Tunisia, while it was heading to the military air base of Hafat on the border.

On the other hand, announced the UN mission in Libya that its President Ghassan Salama discussed with the President of the Supreme Council of State Khaled al-Mashri opportunities to stop the military escalation around Tripoli and the possibility of returning to the political track.

According to the mission, Salameh met in Tripoli with the member of the Presidential Council in Libya Ahmed Maitiq, and discussed with him the developments of the internal situation and international positions on Libya.

At the field level, a military source in the Libyan National Accord government said that its troops advanced at the airport axis south of the capital to new positions controlled by the forces of retired brigade Khalifa Hafter after clashes of various types of weapons.

The source added that the forces of reconciliation Haftar forces lost the lives and equipment, adding that four of the forces of reconciliation killed in the clashes and wounded several others.