- Title: Libya's PM, eastern commander set to commit to ceasefire, election: French draft
- Date: 25th July 2017
- Summary: BENGHAZI, LIBYA (JULY 17, 2017) (REUTERS) SOLDIER FIRING WITH HEAVY GUN AND OTHER MEN CROSSING STREET TANK FIRING, SMOKE RISING SOLDIERS PREPARING MILITARY EQUIPMENT BELT WITH BULLETS BEING PUT INTO METAL BOX TANK DRIVING DOWN STREET MEN RUNNING WITH GUNS, TANK FIRING BENGHAZI, LIBYA (JULY 5, 2017) (REUTERS) SOLDIERS FROM EAST LIBYAN FORCES FIRING WEAPONS SOLDIERS ON STREET, GUN SHOTS HEARD EAST LIBYAN FORCES DRIVING IN JEEP WITH WEAPONS FORCES ARRIVING AT AREA WHERE FIGHTING WAS TAKING PLACE
- Embargoed: 8th August 2017 14:37
- Keywords: Libya factions Al-Sarraj Haftar military unification
- Location: SKHIRAT, MOROCCO/ TRIPOLI AND BENGHAZI, LIBYA
- City: SKHIRAT, MOROCCO/ TRIPOLI AND BENGHAZI, LIBYA
- Country: France
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA0026R7UV5Z
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The French presidency hopes Libya's Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj and the divided country's eastern commander Khalifa Haftar will on Tuesday (July 25) agree on a conditional ceasefire and to work towards elections, according to a draft statement it mistakenly sent.
The two men were due to meet President Emmanuel Macron in the afternoon.
Macron's Elysee office later said it was a working document that had been emailed prematurely.
Serraj and Haftar are set to commit to working for elections as soon as possible from July 25 under U.N. supervision, the document said.
The draft statement was the result of negotiations between emissaries of the Libyan rivals and French officials but its content could still be subject to some changes, a source at the Elysee said. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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