Libyan prime minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj held talks with President Francois Hollande in Paris on Tuesday.
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Libyan pro-regime fighter with the Government of National Accord (GNA)
fires at Islamic State jihadists during clashes for control of Sirte, on
September 3, 2016
France will host an international meeting on strife-ridden Libya next week featuring several countries in the region including Egypt and Gulf states, the French government's spokesman said.
Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault
told a cabinet meeting the gathering would bring together countries
including Egypt, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey "to see how we can advance the cause of achieving the necessary unity in Libya", spokesman Stephane Le Foll said.
Libyan prime minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj held talks with President Francois Hollande in Paris on Tuesday.
Sarraj
told AFP in an interview that military strongman Khalifa Haftar, who
controls the north African country's main oil ports, should be
represented in a new, more inclusive government.
"We have no other choice but dialogue and reconciliation," Sarraj said.
"No one wants an escalation or a confrontation between Libyans," he added.
Haftar's forces this month seized control of Libya's so-called "oil crescent".
Sarraj's
fragile unity government, formed in March following a UN-backed deal in
December 2015, is backed by the international community.
But
the Government of National Accord (GNA) has struggled to impose its
power across a country riven by violence since the fall of dictator
Moamer Kadhafi in 2011.
Libya has Africa's largest
oil reserves, estimated at 48 billion barrels, but production and
exports have slumped dramatically after years of crisis.
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