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Roundup: New round of Libyan political dialogue concludes in Geneva

Xinhua, January 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

The new round of Libyan political dialogue Tuesday concluded here, which touched on some of the issues that were agreed upon in the agenda of the first round of dialogue, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Tuesday night said in a statement.

According to the statement, the two-day discussions were conducted in a positive atmosphere reflecting the sense of national responsibility and a sincere determination to find solutions to end the political and military conflict buffeting the country.

Participants discussed the issue of the formation of a consensual national unity government to ensure the unity of the country and state institutions and emphasized the need to expedite the dialogue process in order to reach a consensus formula on the national unity government to end the institutional crisis and safeguard the country's unity.

They also discussed the confidence building measures to safeguard the country's unity and alleviate the suffering of the civilian population that was agreed upon in the earlier meeting.

The first round of Libyan political discussions by UNSMIL kicked off on Jan. 14 at the United Nations Office in Geneva, seek to end Libya's deepening political and security crisis.

The participants called on all sides to abide by the cessation of military operations that was announced by the parties and to move forward in implementing measures to consolidate this truce on the ground.

Meanwhile, they were unanimous in rejecting terrorism and strongly condemned the attack that targeted a hotel in Tripoli on Jan. 27, causing a number of casualties among Libyans and foreigners, as well as other terrorist attacks against civilians across the country.

In addition, the participants look forward to the participation of representatives of the municipal and local councils of towns and cities from across Libya who will join this round of dialogue on Wednesday in Geneva.

Further meetings will be held in the coming weeks and will include representatives of armed groups, political parties and societal and tribal forces. Endit