France Convenes Libya Peace Conference

Libya's army commander Khalifa Haftar 

A conference aimed at agreeing a roadmap to reunify Libya is being held in Paris today.

The meeting will bring together Fayez Seraj, who heads the United Nations-backed unity government in western Libya, and the militia leader, Khalifa Haftar, whose Libyan National Army dominates the east of the country.

France hopes the two sides will commit themselves to hold nationwide elections by the end of the year.

But the International Crisis Group - an organisation that works around world, trying to prevent conflict said negotiating with individual leaders was likely to be counter-productive without a broader consensus.




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