UN envoy to Libya pushes for new power-sharing deal
The United Nations envoy to Libya says he is looking forward to an agreement on a new draft for a power-sharing deal between conflicting sides in the North African country.
On Thursday, Bernardino Leon said that Libya warring sides had “serious reservations on some parts” of the peace proposal.
“This is not the first draft and not the last,” Leon said. “It is not a matter of imposing. We will work on a draft agreement that will be accepted by the Libyan parties, groups and affiliations.”
During a closed-door UN Security Council meeting earlier this week, Leon said that the Libyan rival sides have until next Sunday to respond to his proposals for a power-sharing deal in the country.
Leon said that the efforts would most likely lead to another round of talks, adding that the international community would ultimately be expecting an agreement before the start of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in mid-June.
According to the UN envoy, all sides have ruled out a military solution to the conflict in Libya.
The United Nations has been making efforts to broker a deal on the establishment of a national unity government in the war-ravaged North African nation since January.
Several rounds of talks so far have failed to produce a deal.
Two rival groups are seeking control over the country, with one governing the capital Tripoli and the other, which is the internationally-recognized government, controlling the eastern cities of Bayda and Tobruk. The Libyan internationally-recognized parliament, the House of Representatives, is based in Tobruk.
Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn) militiamen took over the capital last summer. They set up their own government and reinstated the General National Congress (GNC), which had been dissolved earlier.
Libya plunged into chaos following the 2011 uprising against the dictatorship of Muammar Gaddafi, whose ouster gave rise to a patchwork of heavily-armed militia groups and deep political divisions.
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