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· Moroccan-brokered talks between Libya’s two rival administrations are yielding results
· Reports suggest that both parties (rival administrations) are veering around the need for a compromise to bring back civil life into normal
· The scope for a political settlement of the vexatious issues is emerging with both warring group are looking for a settlement
Moroccan-brokered talks between Libya’s two rival administrations are yielding results. Reports suggest that both parties (rival administrations) are veering around the need for a compromise to bring back civil life into normal. The scope for a political settlement of the vexatious issues is emerging with both warring group are looking for a settlement.
Prospects for peace have emerged and the initiative for talks was taken by Morocco when the two sides announced a surprise ceasefire last month. In the talk both the parties had agreed to work to eradicate corruption and the abuse of public funds in the chaos-strewn country and to end its institutional divisions. However, the specifics of the discussion are yet to be made public.
The dialogue took place at the coastal town of Bouznika, south of Rabat. Some sources point out that naming of the heads of Libya’s central bank, its National Oil Corporation and the armed forces have been the main points of dispute. The talks brought together five members of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) and five from a parliament headquartered in the eastern city of Tobruk.
Libya has been facing a decade of violent chaos since 2011. The NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed veteran dictator Moamer Kadhafi.The crisis worsened last year when military strongman Khalifa Haftar, who backs the Tobruk parliament and is supported by Egypt, the UAE and Russia, launched an offensive to seize Tripoli from the GNA.
Haftar was beaten back earlier this year by Turkish-backed GNA forces and fighting has now stalled around the Mediterranean city of Sirte, the gateway to Libya’s eastern oil fields and export terminals. On August 22, the rival administrations announced separately that they would cease all hostilities and hold nationwide elections.
