SKHIRAT, Morocco
A UN official said Wednesday that a second round of dialogue talks between Libya's warring rivals would begin in Morocco on Thursday.
The source, who requested anonymity, told The Anadolu Agency that the talks would be indirect, with UN Special Envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon meeting the various parties separately.
A delegation representing the General National Congress – the Tripoli-based parliament whose mandate expired last year – arrived in Moroccan capital Rabat on Wednesday in advance of the talks.
A delegation from the internationally-recognized House of Representatives – Libya's Tobruk-based parliament – is expected to arrive in Rabat later the same day.
The Tripoli-based parliament, however, intends to officially request that the UN postpone talks for one week, one dialogue attendee said.
Sherif al-Wafi, a prominent Libyan public figure, told AA that the requested delay was intended to give the House of Representatives a chance to consider proposals made during the first round of talks.
Last week in Morocco, Libya's warring rivals held a first round of talks under UN auspices in an effort to resolve the conflict in the fractious North African country.
Libya has remained in a state of turmoil since a bloody uprising ended the decades-long rule of strongman Muammar Gaddafi in late 2011.
Since then, the country's stark political divisions have yielded two rival seats of government, each with its own institutions and military capacities.
Vying for legislative authority are aTobruk-based parliament and an Islamist-led assembly that convenes in Tripoli.
The two parliaments support the two rival governments respectively headquartered in the two cities.
