RABAT, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- A two-day consultative meeting between the rivaling Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) and the Libyan High State Council wrapped off in Moroccan city Bouznika on Thursday, with both sides agreeing to continue talks for Libya's national reconciliation process.
In the final statement of the meeting, which saw the presence of 120 participants, both sides stressed the need to continue contact between the presidencies of the two institutions and their members, as well as their joint meetings to support national reconciliation, the peaceful resolution of the crisis, and the unification of divided sovereign institutions, Morocco's official news agency MAP reported.
Both sides also agreed to launch joint action to resolve various issues, including the restructuring of the executive power, institutional and financial reforms, as well as security, national reconciliation, fair resource distribution, and development based on active local governance, it reported.
Calling the meeting "essential and encouraging," Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita at the opening ceremony urged embracing the spirit of the Libyan Political Agreement, signed in Morocco's Skhirat in 2015, to achieve a solution to the Libyan crisis, it reported.
He also urged the Libyans to safeguard Libya's unity and territorial integrity amidst the recent complex situation in the country and the significant transformation in the Middle East region.
The solution to the Libyan crisis "lies solely in the hands of the Libyans," he noted.
Since the fall of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011, Libya has been struggling with fragmentation. The country is now divided between two main rival administrations: the eastern-based government, backed by the HoR in Tobruk, and the western-based government in Tripoli.
This divide has led to frequent clashes, competing claims of legitimacy, and struggles over control of resources, including oil. Despite numerous attempts at reconciliation and international mediation, Libya remains politically unstable and divided. ■