PARIS, May 27 (Xinhua) -- French President Emmanuel Macron invited Libyan rivals to meet in Paris next week to seek a roadmap to end the deadlock in the North African country, his office said on Sunday.
"Libyan officials and the international community will be invited ... to engage in the implementation of an inclusive political roadmap, to get out of the crisis that has affected the country and the region for several years," the statement said.
"The unprecedented conference" scheduled for May 29 will be attended by representatives of the Libyan government and delegations representing Libya's main institutions, with the aim "to open a new period of stability and cooperation, expected by all Libyan people," it added.
Since the 2011 uprising, which ousted the former leader Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has plunged into chaotic violence and political instability which helped the terrorist cell flourish and put the security of the Maghreb region at risk.
So far, the country has been struggling to make a democratic transition. It suffers a political division with two rival parliaments and governments battling to legitimacy.
Starting work in March 2016, Fayez Sarraj, head of Libya's UN-backed government in Tripoli is struggling to impose its authority after military commander Khalifa Haftar, based east of Libya, refuses to recognise it.
