Egyptian FM to head for Rome for international meeting on Libya

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will head late Saturday for Rome to attend an international conference on Libya due to open on Sunday, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

Italy has called for the international conference in which many international and regional parties concerned with the Libyan file will participate, Ahmed Abu Zeid said.

United Nations envoy to Libya Martin Kobler will attend the meeting which is meant to encourage the Libyans to reach a political rapprochement and form a national unity government.

On Friday, Kobler announced that the parties to Libya’s political dialogue process have agreed to set 16 December as the target date to sign the UN-facilitated agreement on forming a national unity government, aiming to bring an end to a crisis that has left nearly 2.4 million Libyans in desperate need of humanitarian assistance.
Briefing the Security Council via videoconference just after two-day deliberations on the issue wrapped up in Tunis, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Martin Kobler said the talks in the Tunisian capital had culminated in agreement on a number of key points.

Sources: MENA