Libya’s Higher State Council, HoR to Meet in Morocco

Arab World

September 6th, 8:00am

Cairo - Khalid Mahmoud

Black smoke billows in the sky above areas where clashes took place between different factions, in Benghazi, Libya December 15, 2015. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

Morocco is scheduled on Sunday to host talks between delegates from Libya’s House of Representatives (HoR) and the High Council of State to activate the Skhirat agreement, signed five years ago, and discuss its amendments. The delegates began arriving in Bouznika Saturday, amid an absence of any representative from Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA). Informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that a meeting may take place between Speaker Aguila Saleh and chief of the High Council Khaled al-Mishri if the discussions result in a political agreement. Prior to the meeting, head of HoR’s foreign affairs committee Youssef al-Akouri confirmed that the House of Representatives holds onto the resumption of talks on maintaining the country's unity, the withdrawal of foreign forces, and building a state of institutions and law. The UN-brokered Skhirat agreement was signed on December 17, 2015 in Morocco. It stipulated the formation of a consensual government for a one-year term, renewable only once. It was originally agreed that a nine-member presidential council will form a government, with the current eastern-based House of Representatives as the main legislature, and a State Council as a second, consultative chamber.

from Asharq AL-awsat https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2491211/libya%E2%80%99s-higher-state-council-hor-meet-morocco