Libya's elected parliament suspends participation in UN-backed talks
 

(Adds details, background) By Ayman al-Warfalli BENGHAZI, Libya, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Libya's elected parliament voted on Monday to suspend its participation in a U.N.-sponsored dialogue between Libya's rival conflict parties, vying for control of the oil producer, lawmakers said. The United Nations had been planning to hold a new round of talks in Morocco this week, the latest attempt to defuse a violent power struggle threatening to break up the **rth African country. The elected assembly has been based in the east, like the internationally recognised government, since a faction called Libya Dawn seized the capital Tripoli in August, reinstating the previous assembly and installing a rival government there. Farraj Hashem, spokesman of the House of Representatives, cited a double suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State militants in the eastern town of Qubbah on Friday, which killed 45 people, as a reason for the suspension: "The other side did **t condemn the Qubbah blast and does **t ack**wledge the terrorism on its land." He also said the dialogue lacked any "vision".

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