UN-mediated talks were held between Libya’s internationally acknowledged parliament, which was elected this past June, and a group from the city of Misrata, in the west, which took control of Tripoli this past month, setting up its own assembly and cabinet in the city, reports Reuters.
The meeting, which took place in Ghadames, located near the Algerian border, convened in an attempt to circumvent the two factions’ confrontations from deteriorating into a civil war just three years after the uprising that ended Muammar Gaddafi’s more than four-decade rule.
UN Special Envoy, Bernandino Leon, announced following today's (Tuesday) meeting that both factions had agreed on the need for a ceasefire, for humanitarian aid for the victims of the recent clashes in the capital, and to find a way to reopen the airports that had been forced to close due to the fighting.