TUNIS: The UN is set to host a second day of talks on Libya on Sunday with the aim of creating a “unified” army in a country wracked by internal divisions and a jihadist threat.
The organisation brokered a power-sharing deal last year to form a Government of National Accord (GNA), but the body is still struggling to assert its authority.
“All Libya’s problems today are tied up to the security issue,” said Martin Kobler, head of the UN’s support mission in the country, after a first day of talks in the Tunisian capital on Saturday.
The goal of the discussions was to create “a unified Libyan army under the command of the presidential council,” he said, according to an Arabic translation of his remarks. “Libya can**t be united as long as it has several armies,” he said. The first day’s meeting also touched on humanitarian issues.
The GNA faces a fearsome set of military, eco**mic and political challenges in a country where rival militias have vied for power since the overthrow of veteran dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011.
07-18-2016, 04:29 AM
?Unified? Libyan army on table
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