KUNA Kuwait News Agency
The Libyan parties resumed Thursday in Rabat’s Skhirat city the fourth round of their talks in a bid to reach a peaceful settlement to the country’s crisis under the supervision of the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon.
Representatives of the Tripoli-based General National Congress, the Tobruk-based internationally recognized Parliament as well as some independent negotiators and representatives of civil society are taking part in the talks.
Forming a government of national unity and addressing security issues feature high on the agenda of the talks on which the international community are pinning high hopes to find a final solution to the crisis.
Leon said that the time has come to reach a final agreement among Libyans, stressing that the patience of Libyans and the international community “have limits”.
He hoped that all parties would be flexible during their talks.
He noted that the parties discussed the document proposed by the UN as a basis of a final agreement to Libya’s crisis, pointing that the representatives of the two parliaments presented some comments.
The UN envoy underlined the significance of the success of the talks for both Libyans and all countries in the region, indicating that the talks may last for some days or weeks.
He slammed the attack on Wednesday targeting the General National Congress, calling for opening an investigation into the incident.
He also condemned the two “terrorist” attacks on the embassies of Morocco and South Korea in Tripoli on Monday.
Leon urged the rival negotiating teams to thrash out the full details of the unity government, including the names of ministers, to replace the rival administrations in Tripoli and Tobruk.
Skhirat had hosted last month the three rounds of the inter-Libyan talks, with the participation of all parties.
Libya has been engulfed in violence since the overthrow of longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
