Algeria set to host negotiations on Libya crisis: UN

In a statement released on Wednesday, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced that “a meeting of representatives of Libyan political leaders and activists will convene early next week in Algeria.” "The mission continues to reach out to leaders of armed groups to work on reaching a ceasefire, and urges all groups to constructively engage with its efforts in this regard," the statement read. Algeria’s meeting will be followed later with discussions in the Belgian capital city of Brussels involving representatives from several Libyan municipalities, the statement added. It also went on to say that the UNSMIL will convene a separate session bringing together tribal leaders and social groups. Meanwhile, Abdelkader Messahel, Algeria's minister for Maghreb and African affairs, noted that over the past few months the country had already hosted secret meetings between some 200 Libyan figures, with some of them having "resulted in signatures.” The remarks come as Libya's rival parliaments are also expected to hold negotiations in Morocco on Thursday.