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Libya's Neighbors Demand National Dialogue to End Crisis

by Associated Press

   CAIRO --

   Representatives of Libya's neighbors are warning rival factions in the
   North African nation against seeking to settle their differences
   through military force.
   The representatives, who met in Cairo on Saturday, came from Libya,
   Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, Chad, Niger and Tunisia. Also attending was U.N.
   envoy to Libya Martin Kobler.
   "A comprehensive political dialogue between all Libya parties is the
   only way out of this crisis," said a final communique after the
   meeting, saying the delegates "decisively reject" a military solution
   to the Libyan crisis.
   Libya has plunged into chaos and lawlessness since the ouster and later
   killing of Muammar Gadhafi in a 2011 uprising and subsequent civil war,
   with two rival administrations operating in the east and west of the
   vast, oil-rich nation.