Tripoli, April 3, 2019 (AFP) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Libya Wednesday ahead of a conference aimed at paving the way for elections to help end years of chaos in the country. “I have just arrived in Libya, totally committed to support a Libyan-led political process leading to peace, stability, democracy and prosperity for the Libyan people,” Guterres said on Twitter. Libya‘s Government of National Accord (GNA), based in Tripoli, is rejected by a rival administration in the east of the country that is backed by strongman Khalifa Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army. Unity government leader Fayez al-Sarraj and Haftar agreed at a February meeting in Abu Dhabi to work towards organising elections. “To avoid any major confrontation and to create the conditions to stabilise the situation in Libya, it’s essential to unify the institutions of Libya,” Guterres said in Cairo before flying to Tripoli.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 03, 2019 17:48 UTC