On Saturday, the Libyan members of Parliament released a final communiqué on the talks that were held in Tangiers, Morocco, from 23 to 28 November 2020.
According to the statement, the Libyan MPs agreed to set Benghazi as the constitutional seat for the House of Representatives (HoR), in addition to holding another consultative session in Ghadames city in a bid to put an end to internal divisions and fulfill their obligations.
They also stressed that they were moving forward towards reaching an end to the current state of conflict and divisions in all institutions and preserving the unity of the state and its sovereignty over all Libyan territories.
The Libyan lawmakers pointed out that they are fully prepared to deal with all outcomes of the UN-sponsored dialogue tracks in accordance with the Constitutional Declaration and its amendments and the Libyan Political Agreement.
The MPs praised the positive steps achieved through the 5+5 Joint Military Commission meetings, voicing their commitment to hold presidential and parliamentary elections in accordance with a constitutional framework and to end the transitional phase as soon as possible.
They also stressed the need to respect the Constitutional Declaration and the legitimacy of the bodies emanating from it, in addition to adhering to paragraphs 25/28 of Security Council Resolution No. 2510 regarding the role of the Council of Representatives and not creating a parallel body.
The Libyan MPs also expressed their rejection of hate speech, calling on all media outlets to raise the discourse of reconciliation and tolerance.
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita explained that this meeting was a reaffirmation of the understandings reached by the Libyan-led dialogue in Bouznika. This is in relation to the unification of the sovereign positions included in Article 15 of the 2015 Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) signed in Skhirat, Morocco.
“The Tangier meeting was necessary to create an enabling environment for the Libyan MPs to play their due role in the challenging tasks ahead”, Bourita noted.