Libyan Rivals Agree to Extend Truce as Peace Talks Inch Forward
Restructuring the Petroleum Facilities Guard could be a key step toward ramping up crude output and exports, which have slumped as the two sides fought.
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Rival Libyan military leaders agreed to extend their truce and devise ways to restructure the armed group charged with protecting oil facilities, the head of the United Nations mission to the North African nation said Wednesday.
The envoy, Stephanie Williams, said representatives of Libya’s internationally recognized government in Tripoli and its eastern-based opponents would also reopen land crossings and domestic air travel, without giving details.