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Monday 15 Feb 2016 - 11:36 Makkah mean time-6-5-1437
Press conference: Announcement of Libya's unity govt (Pic: Sky News Arabia)
Tripoli (IINA) – Libya's UN-backed Presidential Council announced the formation of a revised national unity government on Sunday, with the internationally-recognized parliament to vote on the line-up early this week.
"The government has been formed today and sent to the parliament," Fathi el Mejebri, a member of the presidential council, announced Sunday from Skhirat, Morocco, where the council has been meeting to try to come up with a government.
"We hope that this will be the beginning of the end of the conflict in Libya," he added.
A member of the internationally recognized parliament was quoted by AFP as saying that a vote of confidence on the unity government would be held on Monday or Tuesday.
An official statement on the agreement said the government would be composed of 18 ministers and Mahdi Al-Barghathi would be in charge of the ministry of defense – a post which had been a major stumbling block in talks.
Last month the parliament rejected an initial proposal for a 32-member unity government, saying it was too large and set a 10-day deadline for a smaller cabinet.
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