By Jobn Lee.
France’s Foreign Minister visited Libya on Monday to meet rival political leaders and offer support for the Paris agreement.
Tripoli-based Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj and Tobruk-based Khalifa Haftar [Hiftar] signed an agreement in Paris in July committing them to a conditional ceasefire and to work toward elections in 2018.
According to a report from Reuters, the deal did not include other key factions, and Western governments, worried about Islamist militants and smugglers thriving in Libya’s chaos, are pushing a broader U.N.-backed deal to unify Libya and end the instability.
(Source: Reuters)
