Representatives of the two warring governments will meet next week in Geneva, Switzerland, for talks aimed at reaching an agreement on a constitutional framework for holding elections in Libya, the United Nations announced on Thursday.
The United States, France, Germany, Italy and Britain are urging Libyan leaders to negotiate constructively to end the political stalemate and agree on a path to elections, a joint statement issued by the US State Department.
Representatives of the two warring governments will meet next week in Geneva, Switzerland, for talks aimed at reaching an agreement on a constitutional framework for holding elections in Libya, the United Nations announced on Thursday.
Political analysts see little chance of significant progress in this meeting, due to the very large disagreements between political opponents and tensions in the field, with increasingly frequent armed confrontations between rival militias in Tripoli.
Two governments have been vying for power in Libya since March. That of Tripoli, set up in 2021 under the auspices of the UN to complete the transition to elections, and a parliament formed in March and backed by Parliament, temporarily based in Sirte, as unable to take office. in the capital.
Libya plunged into chaos after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in 2011.
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