国际英语资讯:End of violence key to success of Libyan political settlement: official

TRIPOLI, Oct. 23 -- A Libyan senior official said on Monday that the key to the success of a political agreement is the end of violence and fighting between Libyans.

Abdurrahman Swehli, head of Libya's Higher Council of State, made his remark in a televised speech on the sixth anniversary of overthrowing the former regime.

"We appeal to our partners in the country who did not participate in the Feb. 17 uprising or reject it... to resort to reason and join those seeking to build a modern state of Libya, which guarantees the right of citizenship for all without elimination," Swehli said.

"The success of the political agreement and the UN road map is linked to cease of violence and fighting by all parties, who seek to achieve certain political interests, which all Libyans reject because they believe that violence generates counter-violence," Swehli added.

"Such success is also linked to commitment of the international community to its long-standing obligations to address all negative local and regional interventions, which are supported by international forces," Swehli explained.

Libya has been struggling to make a democratic transition following the 2011 uprising that toppled the late Gaddafi's regime. The North African country is plagued with insecurity and political division.

In mid September, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of UN Support Mission in Libya Ghassan Salame proposed an action plan to end Libya's political stalemate.

The plan includes amendment of the current UN-sponsored political agreement, holding a UN-sponsored national conference for all Libyan political factions, adopting a constitution, and finally election of a president and a parliament.

Swehli stressed that the Council is open to all initiatives to solve the country's political crisis, pointing to the significance of ensuring the success of the UN-sponsored negotiations to achieve a genuine partnership that would lead to a decisive political settlement.