DHAKA: Some of Libya’s warring factions have agreed on a framework for a peace deal following months of talks in Morocco.

The United Nations says, reports Al Jazeera.

Representatives of municipal councils and the UN-backed government based in Tobruk initiated a draft deal stipulating a transitional period for the establishment of a democratic state in the country.

But a key player - the General National Congress (GNC), the legally installed government in Tripoli - and its allied Libya Dawn militia were not part of the agreement.

Bernardino Leon, the UN envoy for Libya, said the ‘door is open to all not present’ when he announced the draft accord.

‘They have also played a critical role in this text. As I have said many times, there is no text that is entirely satisfactory to all parties and that responds to all their demands... I am confident that in the weeks ahead a clear decision will be made and will address all sides and issues,’ Leon said, reports Al Jazeera.

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