The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres underscored that the Libyan Political Agreement signed under the aegis of the UN in Skhirat, Morocco, in December 2015, remains the transitional framework for peace and reconciliation in the North African country. Violence has only dimmed hopes for peace, undermined institutions, damaged Libya’s vast economic potential and exported instability to the region”. The Libyan Political Agreement led to the formation of the Government of National Unity (GNA). Ghassan Salamé conceded that the 2015 agreement “needed some small adjustments”, but made it clear that it cannot be replaced. Unifying military and security institutions is critical, he insisted.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 20, 2017 18:56 UTC