(20 Sep 2012) Deputy US Secretary of State William Burns met Libya's newly elected prime minister in the capital Tripoli on Thursday.
Burns is the most senior US official to visit Libya in the aftermath of the September 11 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi.
Burns is expected to attend a memorial service for the US ambassador and three consulate staffers killed in the attack.
His visit comes as Washington is still attempting to piece together how Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed.
Burns met newly elected Libyan Prime Minister Mustafa Abushagur and the country's former interim Prime Minister Abdurrahim el-Keib.
Speaking to media afterwards, Burns said the attack on the consulate was a reminder for the United States to "do exactly what Chris Stevens tried so hard to do, and that is to help Libyans realise the promise of their revolution, to not allow it to be hijacked by extremists."
He added that the Libyan leadership agreed with the US that "it's absolutely essential and urgent to bring those responsible for this horrible tragedy to justice, just as quickly as possible."
El-Keib said the death of Stevens and his colleagues was "a big loss" for the Libyan people, adding that it was "definitely not representative of the moral values that we have here in Libya."
US officials in part blame the attack on an anti-Islam film made in the US that, hours before the Benghazi assault, had sparked protests at the US embassy in Cairo.
Much of the anger over the film, which denigrates Islam's Prophet Muhammad, has been directed at the US government even though the film was privately produced in the United States and US officials have criticised it.

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