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1st LD: Libyan rivals sign UN-brokered deal to settle political crisis

Xinhua, December 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

Libya's conflicting parties signed a UN-brokered deal in Morocco on Thursday to end the country's political crises.

The agreement was signed by the rival parliaments, the internationally-recognized House of Representatives in Tubruk and the Islamist self-proclaimed General National Congress in Tripoli, alongside representatives of Libyan political parties, municipalities and civil society groups.

According to the agreement, the participants in the Libyan dialogue will form a unity government in order to put an end to the violence and political chaos in Libya.

Foreign ministers of Qatar, Turkey, Italy, Spain, Tunisia, Morocco, as well as representatives from western powers, China, Russia, and Libya's neighbors also attended the signing ceremony. Endit