Libya agrees new national unity government: UN
UN special envoy for Libya, Bernardino Leon, speaks at a press conference on September 12, 2015 in the Moroccan city of Skhirat. By Fadel Senna (AFP/File)
Skhirat (Morocco) (AFP) - Libya has agreed to form a new national government headed by Prime Minister Fayez el-Sarraj after months of tortuous negotiations, United Nations envoy Bernardino Leon said Friday.
"After a year of work on this process, after working with more than 150 Libyan personalities from all the regions, finally the moment has come in which we can propose a national unity government," Leon told a news conference in Morocco.