United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres stressed the importance of all Libyan parties working to maintain stability in Tripoli, and throughout the country.
This came during a meeting between Guterres and the Head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Mnifi on Thursday. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the international climate conference “Stockholm +50”, hosted by the Swedish capital.
The two sides discussed the efforts of the United Nations to achieve stability in Libya, and bring an end to the transitional stages. This is through focusing on holding free, fair, and comprehensive elections. He added that the elections should be held according to a legal framework, and as soon as possible.
According to a statement by the Presidential Council, Al-Mnifi praised UN support, through its mission in Libya, to restore security, stability and peace to the country.
On Tuesday, the Libyan Prime Minister-designate Fathi Bashagha welcomed the high-level meeting held in Sirte. This included representatives of the Libyan Parliament, the new government, and the financial and regulatory institutions.
In a statement, Bashagha praised the attendees’ “positive cooperation and their determination to support the Libyan government in properly performing its duties.”
He added that the meeting is an “honourable form of national consensus that took place with sincere Libyan efforts, in order to set up a solid basis for the unity of the state, and end the current state of division.”
The Premier stressed that this will pave the way for holding Parliamentary and Presidential elections, and uphold the will of the Libyan people freely and transparently.
He indicated that the proposed draft budget will “ensure a fair and direct distribution of funds to municipal councils. In order to contribute to the central administration by raising the level of services for the Libyan people everywhere, without any preference or discrimination between them.”