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Sunday 13 Sep 2015 - 10:26 Makkah mean time-29-11-1436
UN peace envoy Bernardino Leon (AP photo)
Skhirat (IINA) – Libyan peace talks have made progress since resuming in Morocco, AFP reported. The United Nations said that the talks could be the "moment of truth" for the war-wracked country.
"We have reached agreement on seven of the nine points in the political accord," said Ashraf al-Shehh, political adviser to the General National Congress in Tripoli.
Shehh said the two outstanding issues relate to military and state appointments during an interim period and how to appoint members of the High Council of State. He reported intense consultations to complete the negotiations before September 20.
When the talks resumed on Thursday, UN peace envoy Bernardino Leon was upbeat.
"We are starting a new round of talks in the Libya process, which we hope will be the final round, the moment of truth for the parties," he said in Skhirat near the Moroccan capital.
"We are very hopeful that they will understand that this deadline of 20th of September must be the last one, must be the one that will allow Libya to get out of this crisis," Leon added.
Leon's peace plan calls for a unity government deal by September 20, ahead of the UN General Assembly, with the government coming into force a month later. A two-year transitional government would then work towards organizing parliamentary elections.
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