Summary The UN mission in Libya plans to hold new meetings on future of the North African country this week.
TRIPOLI (AFP) - The UN mission in Libya said on Monday it plans to hold new meetings on the future of the troubled North African country this week.
UNSMIL -- the United Nations Support Mission in Libya -- said in a statement meetings will be held in both Libya itself and in the Swiss city of Geneva.
No precise information was given on the meeting in Libya, except to say that it would take place "later this week".
"The specific venue and exact timing of this round are subject to the completion of the logistical and security preparations," the UN statement said.
It said that "a parallel dialogue track" bringing together Libyan political parties and activists will take place in Geneva, also later in the week.
Preparatory talks between the commanders of various armed factions are also planned, it said, again without elaborating.
Libya, which is awash with weapons and armed factions following the toppling and death of dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, has two rival governments and parliaments.
Rival militias are also battling constantly for control of its cities and oil wealth.
A second round of peace talks between warring factions in Geneva late last month ended in a "positive atmosphere," the UN has said.
Participants at the two-day talks included a range of groups and representatives of civil society, who stressed the need to fast-track dialogue on forming a unity government.
Libya s General National Congress, the outgoing parliament which resumed operations under the leadership of the Islamist Fajr Libya militia, boycotted the Geneva meeting, demanding that it be held in Libya.
But a diplomatic source said UNSMIL plans to bring together GNC members and their rivals in the internationally recognised parliament that sits in the east inside the country this week.
