TRIPOLI: Libya’s ‌foreign ministry on Sunday summoned the US chargé ​d’affaires in protest at what it called “offensive” statements by President Donald Trump, who described the North African country as “terror-infested” ‌during a ‌rally ​a day ‌earlier.

⁠The ​Libyan ministry ⁠said it rejects any statements that “undermine the dignity of its people or diminish their standing“

“(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,” Trump said at a rally ⁠in ⁠Perry, Georgia on Saturday

Libya’s rival administrations in the east and west denounced Trump’s remarks, rejecting attempts to draw Libya into what they called “electoral debates.“