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        US, Italy Leading Push to Solidify Support for Libya Peace Deal

   by VOA News

   U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Italian counterpart Paolo
   Gentiloni are hosting a meeting Sunday seeking to show the support and
   commitment of the international community to a long-sought peace
   agreement in Libya.

   The country's rival governments are expected to sign the U.N.-brokered
   peace deal on Wednesday after nearly a year of talks to agree on a
   process to create a unity government.  The plan calls for the unity
   body to be formed within 40 days with members of both the current
   internationally recognized government based on Tobruk and the
   Islamist-backed body that has been operating out of Tripoli.

   Kerry and Gentiloni are being joined Sunday by representatives from
   Libya's neighbors and others in the region.

   U.N. envoy for Libya Martin Kobler told the U.N. Security Council
   Friday that Libyans are united in their view that the country "can and
   should no longer wait for peace to come."

   "The Libyans have a unique opportunity before them.  The time has come
   to make peace.  It is unlikely that there will be other opportunities
   without inflicting further suffering and hardship on the Libyan
   people."

   He also highlighted the threat posed by Islamic State and other
   extremist groups, saying Libya is in a "race against time" as militants
   seek to claim territory for their own.
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