Libya Summit Ends With Little More Than Pledge to Meet Again
- Palermo meeting brought together Haftar, UN-backed PM Sarraj
- Instability in Libya affects oil, migration, security
UN Special Envoy for Libya Ghassan Salame speaks in Palermo on Nov. 3, 2018.
Photographer: Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty Images
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Libya’s competing powers agreed to attend a national conference early next year, a United Nations envoy said, after talks in Italy that appeared to make little substantial progress in bridging divisions that have plagued their country for seven years.
Stabilizing the oil-exporting North African nation is a priority for European governments. The chaos that has engulfed Libya made it a favored transit point for migrants determined to travel to Europe, where they have fed rising populism. Insecurity has also enabled jihadists fleeing Syria and other conflicts to establish strongholds just across the Mediterranean.