Between September 2017 and last month, Egypt hosted seven rounds of talks aimed at unifying the military establishment in neighbouring Libya. Participants were representatives of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, from eastern Libya, and their counterparts from the Government of National Accord (GNA), based in Tripoli.

The spokesman of the Libyan self-styled army Ahmed Al-Mismari said Khalifa Haftar is going to remain in his post as “General Commander of the Libyan army” till elections.

The Ministry of Interior announced the establishment of the “Office of Human Rights Affairs” which its administrative subordination will be to the Minister of Interior directly.

Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) appointed on Thursday Abdullah A-Dersi as the new intelligence chief, replacing Abdul Qader al-Tuhami, according to a statement released late Wednesday by the head of the government’s Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Sirraj.

The chief of military intelligence at Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous forces Mohammed Al-Ganidi said “honorable military officials” reject the results of Cairo meetings that aim at unifying the Libyan military institutions.

 Efforts to reconstitute and rebuild state security institutions in post-conflict states will require not just technical and organizational fixes, but will hinge upon a range of sweeping steps and reforms with generational scope.

The spokesperson of the Dignity Operation, Ahmed Al-Mesmary, said in press conference that the circulated news about the draft of the agreement to unify the Libyan military institution is not genuine. He added that the fake draft was published by a purpose to spoil the talks that supervised by Egypt.

The Cairo meetings under the supervision of the Egyptian army authorities to unify the military institution in Libya had issued a draft for the Libyan sides to agree on and then implement it.

The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Tuesday welcomed the new security arrangements in the capital Tripoli approved by Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Serraj.

The head of the Presidential Council (PC) of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Sarraj, adopted the security plan to secure the greater Tripoli.