Delegates from Libya's rival parliaments gathered in Morocco Thursday
for what UN mediators demanded be a "final" push for a unity government
to stem mounting jihadism and a desperate exodus of asylum-seekers.
Rival governments have battled for power in the North African country since last August and just Wednesday an air strike blamed on the internationally recognised administration hit an air base controlled by its opponent.
Jihadists loyal to the Islamic State group which controls swathes of Iraq and Syria have exploited the power struggle to launch increasingly grisly attacks including the videotaped beheadings of 21 Christians in February.
UN envoy Bernardino Leon, who has been shuttling between the warring sides for months, said that the reported drowning of up to 400 would-be asylum-seekers off the Libyan coast earlier this week should be the spur for an agreement.
"I really hope that the negotiators that are coming today are understanding that we cannot wait any more and this will really be the final round," Leon said.
"This is Libya today -- terrorism, no control on the borders, people dying every day in the Mediterranean, air strikes ... it cannot go on.
"The patience of Libyans is finished, and the patience of the international community is finished."
The UN envoy called on the rival negotiating teams to thrash out the full details of a unity government, including the names of ministers, to replace the rival administrations in Tripoli and Tobruk.
The internationally recognised government has been based in the eastern town since an Islamist-backed militia alliance seized the capital in August...........AFP............http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/127809.aspx
16/4/15
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Rival governments have battled for power in the North African country since last August and just Wednesday an air strike blamed on the internationally recognised administration hit an air base controlled by its opponent.
Jihadists loyal to the Islamic State group which controls swathes of Iraq and Syria have exploited the power struggle to launch increasingly grisly attacks including the videotaped beheadings of 21 Christians in February.
UN envoy Bernardino Leon, who has been shuttling between the warring sides for months, said that the reported drowning of up to 400 would-be asylum-seekers off the Libyan coast earlier this week should be the spur for an agreement.
"I really hope that the negotiators that are coming today are understanding that we cannot wait any more and this will really be the final round," Leon said.
"This is Libya today -- terrorism, no control on the borders, people dying every day in the Mediterranean, air strikes ... it cannot go on.
"The patience of Libyans is finished, and the patience of the international community is finished."
The UN envoy called on the rival negotiating teams to thrash out the full details of a unity government, including the names of ministers, to replace the rival administrations in Tripoli and Tobruk.
The internationally recognised government has been based in the eastern town since an Islamist-backed militia alliance seized the capital in August...........AFP............http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/127809.aspx
16/4/15
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