(VOVworld) - Britain has no plans to deploy combat troops in Libya, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Tuesday, responding to media reports that British special forces were already operating there.

Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond arrives at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain April 19, 2016. (Photo: Reuters)

Speaking to the parliament after his return from Tripoli, Mr. Philip Hammond said there was no appetite in Libya for foreign combat troops on the ground. He said Britain has not received any requests from Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) for ground combat forces to fight the Islamic State or any other armed groups and Britain has no plans to deploy troops in such a role.