China has appointed a new ambassador to Libya after its embassy in Tripoli reopened in November, more than a decade after it was shuttered over security concerns.
Ma Xueliang’s appointment was confirmed when he met Libyan charge d’affaires Khaled al-Sayeh in Beijing on January 27 in his new capacity before he left for Tripoli, according to the state-owned Libyan News Agency.
China had closed its embassy in Tripoli in 2014 and moved its diplomatic mission to Tunisia because of the security…
China sends envoy to Libya after embassy shuttered for more than a decade
