UN welcomes new Libya ceasefire agreement
(VOVWORLD) - The rival sides in Libya’s conflict signed a permanent ceasefire Friday, a deal the United Nations billed as historic after years of fighting that has split the North African country in two.
 Head of the LNA delegation A. Amhimmid Mohamed Alamami (L) and head of the GNA military delegation Ahmed Ali Abushahma after signing an agreement for a ceasefire in Libya, in Geneva, October 23, 2010. (Photo: VNA) |
After mediation led by UN envoy Stephanie Williams this week, the 5+5 Joint Military Commission reached what the UN called an “important turning point towards peace and stability in Libya”.
The accord – concluded in Geneva after talks between military representatives of the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) and renegade commander Khalifa Haftar’s eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) – will be followed up with political discussions in Tunisia next month.