The Commander of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, received Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and an accompanying delegation in Benghazi on Saturday.

The General Command's Information Office said in a statement that the meeting witnessed discussions on joint cooperation between Libya and Russia.

In late September, Haftar visited Moscow for talks with Russian officials on developments in Libya and bilateral relations between the two countries.

On September 17, Haftar also met with Yevkurov in Benghazi on the sidelines of a Russian delegation's participation in search and rescue operations in the city of Derna after devastating flooding caused by Storm Daniel.