The United Nations has announced a list of candidates for a national unity government in Libya.
Bernardino Leon, head of UN Support Mission to Libya (UNSMIL), proposed Thursday a national unity government after months of U.N.-mediated negotiations between representatives of the country's two rival factions - the Tripoli-based Islamist-backed government and the Tobruk-based internationally recognised government, according to BBC News.
"So after a year of work in this process, after working with more than 150 Libyan personalities from all the regions, from all the political affiliations, working in six, seven different locations in Libya, six, seven different locations all over the world in different countries, different continents, finally the moment has come in which we can propose a national unity government," Leon, the special representative of U.N. Secretary General, said in a statement.
Fayez Saraj, a 55-year-old member of the Tripoli government, would be the new prime minister, Leon said. The list of candidates must be approved by the Tripoli and Tobruk parliaments.
"This government and this agreement will be supported by a huge majority of the Libyans all over the country, including of course Tripoli," Leon said in Skhirat, Morocco, where the talks have been held, according to Press TV.
Libya has been in a state of turmoil since the fall of long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, reported DW. The country's internationally-recognized government was forced to vacate Tripoli after an Islamist-backed militia seized the capital city last year.
