SKHIRAT, Morocco (AP) – The U.N. special envoy to Libya said Friday that all parties to ongoing peace talks would meet again on March 19 in Morocco for a “final, decisive phase of talks” after one side failed to show up for the latest round.
Bernardino Leon said that the delegations of the two rival parliaments in Libya would again consult with their respective governments before returning to the negotiating table before it was too late.
“They all have to come ready to negotiate, this is why they have been given a few more days,” he told journalists after the latest round of talks near the Moroccan capital of Rabat. “We have conveyed to all parties the sense of urgency – Libya has no time.”
The talks in Morocco hit a snag this week when the delegation from the Tobruk-based parliament – the elected and internationally recognized House of Representatives – did not return to talks after what had been described as a promising beginning.
Leon said the Tobruk delegation would return for talks after adding new advisers and members to their negotiators.