Libya Rivals Discuss Unity Govt, Security: Un

Libya's political rivals – involved in talks in Morocco – on Thursday discussed the formation of a national unity government, the selection of the prime minister and his two deputies, a United Nations official has said.



"The two sides also discussed security arrangements, the withdrawal of militant groups from Libyan cities and the constitution," Samir Ghattas, the head of the UN media office in Morocco, told The Anadolu Agency.



He said Libya's political rivals – who started the fourth round of their talks in Skhirat, a city within Moroccan capital Rabat earlier on Thursday – would hold three days of talks in Morocco.



Ghattas did not, however, elaborate more on the content of the talks or the results they reached so far, voicing hope that the talks would yield positive results.



Libya has remained in a state of turmoil since a bloody uprising ended the decades-long rule of autocratic leader Muammar Gaddafi in late 2011.



Since then, the country's stark political divisions have yielded two rival seats of government, each with its own institutions and military capacity.



Vying for legislative authority are a Tobruk-based parliament and an Islamist-led parliament, the latter of which – even though its mandate ended last year – continues to convene in capital Tripoli.



The two assemblies support two rival governments respectively headquartered in Tobruk and Tripoli.



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