US President Obama was to meet for the first time Tuesday with Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the chairman of Libya's Transitional National Council, reported dpa.
The meeting will take place in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, ahead of a gathering of a high level meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and other world leaders on the way forward with Libya.
At the gathering, Obama will express support for the Libyan people who are "writing a new chapter in the life of their nation," according to prepared remarks released ahead of time in Washington.
"Libya is a lesson in what the international community can achieve when we stand together as one," Obama will say.