Libya summons US envoy to protest Trump’s remarks

Libya's foreign ministry summoned the US chargé d'affaires on ​Sunday to protest against rally statements by ‌President Donald Trump, which it described as "offensive", after he called the North African nation "terror-infested".

• The ministry said it rejected any ​statements that "undermine the dignity of its people ​or diminish their standing"
• At Saturday's rally in ⁠Perry, Georgia, Trump said, “(US Senator) Jon Ossoff ​personally sponsored a bill to bring armies of ​migrants from terror-infested countries like Libya, Yemen, Haiti, Somalia. Remember what I called them? Shithouse countries," in a reference ​to remarks made during his first term
• The ​US was committed to ties with Libya, Trump said on Truth ‌Social ⁠on Sunday night, calling its people "proud, resilient, hospitable, and deserving of peace and prosperity"
• "We respect the Libyan people and the sacrifices that brave Libyans ​made fighting ​ISIS, the ⁠common enemy of both our peoples, but Libya cannot remain a corridor ​for illegal migration, and this must ​end ⁠now," he wrote
• Libya's rival administrations in the east and west denounced Trump's remarks, rejecting attempts to ⁠draw ​Libya into what they called "electoral ​debates"

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