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Libya legislative heads to tackle election standoff in meeting

FILE PHOTO: Aguila Saleh, Speaker of the eastern-based Libyan parliament is pictured at the office of the High National Election Commission while submitting his candidacy papers for the presidential elections, in Benghazi, Libya November 20, 2021. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

The leaders of Libya's two legislative chambers will meet in Geneva next week for last-ditch talks on a constitutional basis for elections, the United Nations said on Thursday, but analysts see little prospect of a breakthrough.

National elections have long been held up as a crucial element in any long term solution to Libya's decade of chaos and conflict since the 2011 NATO-backed ousting of Muammar Gaddafi.

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