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12th meeting of Libya's neighboring nations to be held in Libya: official

Xinhua, May 8, 2017 Adjust font size:

Algerian Minister of Maghreb Affairs, Arab League and African Union, Abdelkader Messahel, on Monday announced that the 12th Libya's neighboring nations' meeting will be held in Libya.

The 11th ministerial conference of Libya's neighboring nations was held on Monday in Algiers as the participants reiterated their support to inclusive inter-Libyan dialogue and national reconciliation based on the peace agreement signed between Libyan protagonists in Moroccan resort of Skhirat in Dec. 2015.

Upon the end of the meeting, the Algerian minister held a press conference with Libyan Foreign Minister, Mohamed Tahar Siala, and UN Special Envoy to Libya, Martin Kobler.

"Libya will host the 12th meeting, which is going to be an important event," Messahel said, without specifying when it would be held.

For his part, Kobler said that the international community and Libyans themselves have to support the implementation of the Skhirat peace agreement, warning armed confrontations between factions only serve terrorist groups, adding that "the political agreement must remain the framework for the settlement of the crisis."

As for the amendments that some Libyan parties want to introduce to the 2015 peace agreement, Kobler noted that they should be elaborated after negotiations.

Libyan FM indicated that the wished amendments would not affect the core of the peace agreement, as they aim at facilitating the implementation of the agreement.

He noted that the amendments are to be discussed and agreed on by a joint committee gathering the Libyan Council of Representatives and the Supreme Council of the State of Libya.

Algiers on Monday host a meeting of Libya's neighboring nations, as the attendees assessed developments and discussed the peace process there. The neighboring nations of Libya are Tunisia, Algeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan and Egypt.

Libyan protagonists reached a shaky peace accord following UN-sponsored talks held in the Moroccan resort of Skhirat on Dec. 17, 2015, in an attempt to put an end to more than six years of civil war.

A national unity government and a cabinet were established led by Prime Minister Fayez al-Seraj, whose top mission is to unite Libya's two warring parliaments.

Libya now has two rival parliaments, namely the internationally recognized one, based in the eastern port city of Tobruk, and the General National Congress based in capital city Tripoli supported by General Haftar. Endit