In the latest United Nations effort to bridge gaps between the country’s rivals, two senior Libyan officials began two days of talks on constitutional arrangements for elections.
At the UN headquarters in Geneva, Khalid al-Mishri, head of the internationally recognized government’s High Council of State, and Aguila Saleh, the speaker of the country’s east-based parliament, were the two officials in attendance.
After Libya’s rival factions failed to reach an agreement earlier in June in their last round of talks in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, the talks will focus on a draft constitutional framework for elections, according to the UN.
There are growing tensions on the ground, and clashes between rival militias recently erupted in Tripoli.
