4th Round of Libyan Joint Military Committee Talks Kicks off in Geneva

The fourth round of the Libyan (5+5) Joint Military Commission (JMC) talks began this morning at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The deliberations of this round will continue until the 24th of this month.

Delegations of the two parties to the conflict in Libya are participating at the talks. Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ms. Stephanie Williams is attending the talks.

UNSMIL said in a statement that the work of the 5+5 JMC, the security track, is one of the three intra-Libyan tracks that UNSMIL is working on, along with the economic and political tracks, which emerged from the 2020 Berlin Conference on Libya.

UNSMIL called for a global ceasefire and for all warring parties to put aside feelings of mistrust and to repudiate all hostilities.

"On this occasion, UNSMIL appreciates the leadership of both parties for facilitating this round of talks. It also thanks the members of both delegations for traveling to Geneva during these unusual conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic," the statement reads.