The UN special envoy Ghassan Salamé had talks in Tripoli today with Presidency Council (PC) head Faiez Serraj on his new action plan to resolve the Libyan crisis. According to the PC’s media office, the discussions focussed on “the next step” of the road map. This is believed to refer to the grand gathering of Libyan notables.
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UNSMIL has produced a surprisingly bullish summary of today’s resumed Joint Drafting Committee talks in Tunis, saying there were only a few remaining gaps to be filled before agreement could be reached.
On Monday evening the House of Representatives (HoR) delegation said itwas withdrawing from the process accusing the State Council (SC) of obstruction and bad faith.
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There is rising tension in Tripoli tonight as the Presidency Council (PC) declared a state of emergency and banned a planned Martyrs’ Square rally tomorrow in support of entrepreneur and would-be presidential candidate Baset Igtet. The Government of National Accord’s (GNA) interior ministry has called for all security forces to be ready to protect security in the capital.
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UK Ambassador to Libya Peter Millett said the Libyan political dialogue meeting in Tunisia ended with announcing support for Skhirat agreement.
On his Twitter account, Millet said “Libya Political Dialogue meeting concludes in Tunis. Strong backing for Skhirat Agreement, Presidency Council & Gov't of National Accord.”
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