UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) (AFP) -
The United Nations peace envoy for Libya said Wednesday he was confident that the past seven months of talks will yield an agreement on ending the violence in the north African country.
"I am increasingly confident that the process is finally drawing to its final stages," Bernardino Leon told the UN Security Council.
A final round of talks on forming a national unity government is expected to open this week, with the sides haggling over names for key posts in the new administration.
Libya has two rival parliaments and governments, with Tripoli controlled by Libya Dawn forces who seized the capital last year, forcing the internationally recognized government to operate out of Tobruk, in the northeast of the country.
The United Nations has been brokering talks between the groupswith the aim of establishing a unified government that could confront the threat from Islamic State extremists, who have gained a foothold in several Libyan towns.
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