The second round of the United Nations’ political track, the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), opened on Monday via video conference. The dialogue is being chaired by Acting Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Stephanie Williams.
The meeting aims to reach a consensus for selecting the new members of the Presidential Council and the national unity government. It also aims to reach an agreement on the names of individuals who will assume leadership posts in state institutions.
“The meeting aims at reaching a comprehensive political agreement to end the crisis,” UNSMIL said last week. Williams has called on Libyan officials and the Libyan people not to allow “those who insist and fight by all means to keep the situation as it is, and to steal this opportunity from the Libyans”.
Last week, the UN-brokered political talks in Tunisia ended without reaching a firm agreement. Williams stated in a press conference that participants agreed to continue the political dialogue because it is “the only solution to the Libyan crisis”.