TRIPOLI, 25 January, 2021 (TON): On ending nearly a decade of conflict, a candidacy process would open on Tuesday for key institutional appointments, said representatives from rival Libyan camps.

In order to facilitate collaboration with an interim executive body set to be elected next week in Geneva, the process aims to quickly fill several strategic posts until 2nd February, 2021.

The country has been spilt violently by the civil war since a NATO backed uprising forced out Moamer Kadafi in 2011.

The UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) is based in the capital, while a House of Representatives, which does not recognise the Tripoli administration, is in the east.

In October 2020, in Geneva, a fragile ceasefire between the two sides was agreed despite threats from eastern military strongman Khalifa Haftar to resume fighting.

The talks that opened Friday in Bouznika, south of the Moroccan capital Rabat, bring together representatives from the Tobruk-based House of Representatives and the Tripoli-based High Council of State, which advises the GNA.

The negotiations would focus on the appointments to the country's "sovereign" posts said GNA.

The joint statement said the positions included the heads of the central bank, electoral commission, anti-corruption commission, Supreme Court and administrative control authority as well as the attorney general.

The talks are the latest in several inter-Libyan dialogues held since September in the North African kingdom.

The talks are the latest in several inter-Libyan dialogues held since September in the North African kingdom.

For the candidacy process, the parties agreed to form working groups which have been points of contention between rival administrations.

Once finalized, the candidacies will be presented to representatives of the two sides.