Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita (R) meets with Speaker of Libyan House of Representatives Aguila Saleh Issa in Rabat, Morocco, on June 4, 2021. Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita met on Friday with two visiting Libyan rivalling speakers as "part of Morocco's mediation efforts to contribute to the settlement of the Libyan crisis," said a ministry statement. (Photo by Chadi/Xinhua)
RABAT, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita met on Friday with two visiting Libyan rivalling speakers as "part of Morocco's mediation efforts to contribute to the settlement of the Libyan crisis," said a ministry statement.
Aguila Saleh Issa, speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives, and Khaled al-Michiri, president of the Libyan High Council of State, arrived in Morocco on Thursday. It wasn't clear whether Saleh Issa and al-Michiri had held direct talks in Morocco.
The Libyan House of Representatives and the Libyan High Council of State, two rivalling parliaments in the North African country, differ on the appointment of high rank officials of national institutions, the mechanisms for unifying state institutions, and laws governing general elections scheduled for Dec. 24.
The UN envoy to Libya Jan Kubis has recently called on the House of Representatives to coordinate with the High Council of State in adopting legislation for the Dec. 24 presidential and parliamentary elections.
The UN-sponsored Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) has selected a new executive authority of a unity government and a presidency council.
The new executive authority's main task is to prepare for the national elections as endorsed by the LPDF. Enditem
