The head of Libya’s Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, and many other top officials in his administration, including security chiefs, will pay an official visit to Algeria on Monday, according to the GNU.

The visit marks a rare departure from Tripoli for Dbeibah since Libya’s eastern-based parliament appointed a rival prime minister, a move he has rejected amid an armed standoff between rival factions for control over the government.