The first day of new UN-led talks between delegates from war-torn Libya failed to reach an agreement on a constitutional framework for holding elections as planned in December, the UN said.
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The UN support mission in Libya said that the participants in Wednesday’s meeting held via video conference discussed four proposals, the content of which was not revealed.
“A final decision on the constitutional basis” for legislative and presidential elections would be taken at the next meeting, UNSMIL said, without giving a date.
The talks came six weeks after unsuccessful negotiations held in Switzerland between 75 participants from all sides gathered for Libya’s political dialogue forum.
UNSMIL acknowledged that the session failed after four days due to lack of consensus.
Oil-rich Libya plunged into chaos after dictator Moammar Gadhafi was overthrown and killed in a 2011 NATO-backed uprising.
Two rival administrations later emerged, backed by a complex patchwork of militias, mercenaries and foreign powers.
While Turkey supported the UN-recognized National Accord Government (GNA) in Tripoli, the East-based Putist general Khalifa Haftar won support from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt and Russia.
During a UN-backed ceasefire agreed in October last year, an interim administration was set up in March to prepare for investigations on 24 December.
The deal was widely hailed as “historic” at the time, but divisions have since re-emerged, raising doubts that elections could go as planned.
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