African Union, UN Aim To Hold Peace Conference Of All Libyans In Addis Ababa In 2018 - AU

African Union, UN Aim to Hold Peace Conference of All Libyans in Addis Ababa in 2018 - AU

The African union and the united Nations aim to organize a reconciliation conference which would represent all Libyans in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa before the end of the year, Smail Chergui, the commissioner for Peace and Security, told Sputnik in an interview.

UNITED NATIONS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 29th September, 2018) The African union and the united Nations aim to organize a reconciliation conference which would represent all Libyans in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa before the end of the year, Smail Chergui, the commissioner for Peace and Security, told Sputnik in an interview.

"The Libyan situation is now really at the point that all those who say they are friends of Libya should really work jointly to help ... Now Italy wants to organize a conference. Also in our roadmap we have a plan to convene a reconciliation meeting in Addis Ababa, of all the Libyans. We are trying to have it before the end of the year. We want to organize it with the UN, together AU-UN. That was part of our discussions here in New York," Chergui said.

He noted that the UN-led election registration process and the dialogue which the organization maintained in about 40 towns across the country had partly laid the necessary basis for a future reconciliation conference.

"I think the UN has started not only the registry of Libyans for elections, which was rather successful, but also they have initiated the dialogue in around 40 towns within Libya. So normally that kind of pre-dialogue can prepare the ground for conference on reconciliation," the commissioner pointed out.

As for the conference on Libya hosted by Italy, Chergui said that "it looks like the initial thinking is changing, it's not Sicily any more, and the dates are not fixed yet," noting that the AU maintained contacts with Rome.