Libya talks in Geneva end without breakthrough

GENEVA, 01 July 2022, (TON): United Nations Libya adviser Stephanie Williams said “Libya talks in Geneva ended without making enough progress to move toward elections.”

The talks between the House of Representatives and High State Council legislative bodies were aimed at agreeing on a constitutional basis and interim arrangements for holding elections that were originally scheduled for December 2021.

Many Libyans fear that a failure to set a path to elections and resolve an existing dispute about control of an interim government will thrust the country back toward territorial division or conflict.

Since the planned December election was abandoned, Libya’s rival factions have moved to a standoff over control of the government with both sides backed by armed forces in western areas of the country.

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