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UN-brokered talks between Libyan rival factions fail
 [PRESSTV] The United Nations...a formerly good idea gone bad... has failed to bridge differences between Libyan rival factions amid efforts aimed at breaking a political stalemate and helping bring about peace and stability in the North African country. In October, Ghassan Salame, the newly-appointed Libyan envoy to the UN, announced a one-year "action plan" for a transition toward presidential and parliamentary elections in Libya. The measure reportedly aims to amend a current political agreement in the country and prepare the ground for a constitutional referendum and possibly general elections afterwards. Since the announcement, the UN has hosted in Tunisia delegations from rival parliaments from eastern Libya and the capital Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... to draw up amendments to a previous UN-mediated plan signed in December 2015. However, man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them... at the end of the second round of discussions Salame only said talks would go on without giving a new date. Posted by: Fred 2017-10-22 |
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