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Security Council welcomes Libya's Presidency Council arrival in Tripoli

Xinhua, April 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

The UN Security Council on Friday welcomed the arrival of Libya's Presidency Council of a UN-backed Government of National Accord in the capital city of Tripoli.

On Wednesday, members of the Presidency Council, led by Prime Minister Fayez Serraj, arrived in Tripoli from Tunisia by sea.

In a press statement released here, the members of the Security Council said this was an important step towards bringing stability to the country and bringing the political process back on track.

"The members of the Security Council encouraged the Presidency Council to immediately begin its work in Tripoli to broaden the basis of its support and to tackle Libya's political, security, humanitarian, economic and institutional challenges, and to confront the rising threat of terrorism, and reiterated its call on all parties in Libya to support efforts in this regard," said the statement.

Libya has been suffering severe political crises with two rival parliaments and governments, amid escalating violence and growing militant extremism.

Tripoli is controlled by the so-called Libya Dawn militias, a coalition of armed groups that have taken over the capital in 2014 and brought back the expired General National Congress, creating the current political division in the country.

The Presidency Council was formed under a UN-backed peace agreement signed by Libya's rival political parties on Dec. 17, 2015 in Morocco. Endit