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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