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UN envoy says Libyan political dialogue to complete within two weeks

Xinhua, August 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

Libyan rival parties are expected to complete their political dialogue within two weeks, the UN envoy said on Friday.

"We hope it will be possible to complete the agenda in the coming two weeks," Bernardino Leon told reporters during the ongoing Libyan political dialogue in the Moroccan city of Skhirat.

"We have to finish this and we have to finish it now," he stressed.

Leon pointed out that discussions addressed so far two annexes of the libyan political agreement which was initialed in July, namely the future government guidelines and financial stability guidelines, adding that they will deal with the other two annexes, the state council and amendments to the constitutional declaration, later Friday.

"We have now two texts which are practically final (Government Guidelines and Financial Stability Guidelines). We still have remarks from the GNC (the General National Congress) to come, as with other remarks. But basically these two texts are now quite well outlined," he explained.

As for the formation of the government of national accord, Leon noted that all the parties should present their candidates for the different ministers next week,adding that "If someone doesn't bring names it means that the names that will be discussed are the others."

A new round of talks between Libya's warring factions had kicked off in the Moroccan city of Skhirat Thursday without the General National Congress (GNC) following resignation of two members of its negotiating team.

The UN-brokered political agreement was initialed in July by the Tubrok-based parliament alongside representatives of political parties, municipalities and civil society groups, whereas the General National Congress (GNC) has not joined.

Libya, a major oil producer in North Africa, has been witnessing a frayed political process after former leader Muammar Gaddafi was toppled during the 2011 political turmoil.

The country is now deadlocked in a dogfight between the pro-secular army and Islamist militants, which has led to a security vacuum for homegrown extremism to brew.

The UN has brokered several rounds of dialogues between the conflicting parties since last September, but clashes persisted despite a truce agreed by the warring factions. Endit