Libyan municipal and local councils affirm their support for the inter-Libyan political dialogue underway in Morocco

Representatives of the Libyan municipal and local councils have expressed their support for inter-Libyan political dialogue underway in Morocco, saying “the urgent need to form a government of national consensus.”

Representatives of these councils have called, in the final communiqué sanctioning the work of a two-day meeting in Brussels on the initiative of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), for a cease-fire and the end of air strikes and other attacks targeting civilian facilities, expressing their condemnation of all forms of terrorism.

They also called for “the withdrawal of armed groups from all Libyan cities,” and “the full reopening of the airspace and civil airports in Libya,” condemning “incitement to hatred and violence in the media “says the statement released by the MANUL, adding that local officials have called” full respect for the rights of detainees, to clarify the fate of missing persons, the return of refugees abroad and all moved to the internally within a maximum period of 31 December, and consolidation of women’s participation in political dialogue. ”

The meeting of representatives of municipalities and local councils discussed several issues, including humanitarian challenges facing municipalities and local councils, ways to improve the humanitarian support of the United Nations, the release of detainees and the situation Libyan refugees and displaced persons.