Top Libya Contender Says a Fair Deal for East Will Secure Peace
- Bashagha formerly interior minister in Tripoli government
- United Nations seeking to bring an end to decade of turmoil
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A leading candidate to become Libya’s first elected president vowed to pursue a fairer deal for the country’s east to permanently end a decade of conflict.
The feud between the politically dominant west and oil-rich east fueled years of political wrangling and war in the OPEC member following the ouster and killing of autocrat Muammar Qaddafi in 2011.