Morocco Backs Political Solution İn Libya

Morocco said on Thursday that it supports a political solution for the crisis in Libya through the United Nations.



"We believe that the solution will come through dialogue," Communication Minister and government spokesman Mustapha Khalfi said.



"We reject Libya's division and anything that can threaten its unity and stability," he added at a press briefing in Moroccan capital Rabat.



Libya's warring rivals on Thursday started a new round of talks in Morocco, the fourth since the UN sponsored the talks months ago.



Khalfi said the UN has asked his country to host the dialogue with the aim of reaching a fair political solution to the crisis in Libya.



"This [holding the dialogue in Morocco] reflects the confidence all parties have in Morocco," Khalfi said, expressing hopes that the dialogue would produce 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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