"We have met with the different parties and we are in the process of working with them on a date and place for the national conference," he said after a press conference wrapping up a two-day AU summit. The meeting will be chaired by the African Union's pointman on Libya, Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Faki said. Faki told AFP that a preparatory meeting for the reconciliation conference had been held in the Libyan capital Tripoli several weeks ago. However, the discussions led by U.N. envoy Abdoulaye Bathily failed to produce a clear timetable or concrete measures for the withdrawal of foreign fighters. The U.N. estimated in late 2021 that there were more than 20,000 foreign fighters, both military and paramilitary, in the country.

Source: Libya Today February 19, 2023 22:38 UTC