The High Council of State (HCS) has decided to attend the international conference in Paris that will be held on Tuesday at the Élysée Palace with a delegation headed by Khalid Al-Mishri – the Head of the HCS.
The French President Emmanuel Macron will host the four main rivals of Libya including Al-Mishri, the Head of the Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sirraj, the Speaker of the House of Representatives Aqilah Saleh and the commander of the self-styled army in east Libya Khalifa Haftar.
The HCS members voted unanimously on going to the Paris conference, which according to a statement by the French Foreign Office would aim at ending division in state institutions including the military and will push the rivals to agree on holding elections this year to end the crisis in the country.
Earlier, some HCS members rejected going to the conference as Haftar was invited, which they saw as giving the warlord legitimacy.
The media office of the HCS said earlier that Al-Mishri discussed with the ambassadors of Italy, Germany and the European Union to Libya the French conference and the initiative, adding that going to elections would be as vital without having a referendum on the Libyan constitution.
Meanwhile, France announced on Sunday that the international conference in Paris will be attended by representatives of 19 countries, including the five members of the UN Security Council, Italy, neighbouring countries Egypt, Tunisia, Chad, in addition to UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Turkey, Algeria and Morocco.
TunisianMonitorOnline (Libya Observer)