Blinken says U.S. 'actively' working to re-establish diplomatic presence in Libya

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh at the Berlin Marriott Hotel in Berlin, Germany June 24, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is "actively" working on re-establishing a diplomatic presence in Libya, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, although he declined to provide an exact time on when the U.S. embassy can be reopened.

Libya has had little peace since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi and it split in 2014 between rival eastern and western factions, with the last major bout of conflict ending in 2020 with a ceasefire.