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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

UN more neutral on PM appointed in Libya's east, urges vote

Yousef Murad

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has taken note of the appointment by Libya’s east-based parliament of a new prime minister and is following the situation in the North African country closely, his spokesman said Friday.

The statement by the U.N. spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, seems to reflect a more neutral position than the U.N.’s initial support for the current interim prime minister based in the capital, Tripoli in western Libya

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