Morocco: Delegates from Libya's rival parliaments met face-to-face on Sunday for the first time since UN-brokered peace talks were launched in January aimed at forming a unity government.
"Libyan dialogue participants hold first joint working meeting in Skhirat Morocco on Sunday 28 June," said a tweet on the official website of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).
Participants said delegates had overcome many differences and could initial a draft agreement later Sunday, but that a final deal still had to be approved by the parliaments in Libya.
The UN has tried for months to broker a compromise in Libya, which descended into lawlessness after the 2011 NATO-backed overthrow of veteran autocrat Moamer Kadhafi.
AFP
