Update - 'Breakthrough' Made İn Libya Talks: Un Envoy

UN-sponsored talks between Libya's warring camps have seen a "breakthrough," UN Special Representative Bernardino Leon said Friday.



Speaking at a joint press conference with Moroccan Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar, Leon said the Morocco-hosted talks had made progress both in terms of the formation of a proposed unity government and security issues.



He went on to voice hope that an agreement would be hammered out soon.



Mezouar, for his part, called on Libya's warring camps to resolve their conflict through dialogue.



"We need a stable and unified Libya," he told reporters.



Earlier Friday, a member of Libya's Tripoli-based parliament told The Anadolu Agency that agreement had been reached between Libyan factions on the criteria for selecting a prime minister.



UN-sponsored dialogue talks kicked off in Morocco on Thursday with the aim of resolving the conflict in crisis-hit Libya.



The North African country has remained in a state of turmoil since a bloody uprising ended the decades-long rule of strongman 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 capacities.



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 the two cities.



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