Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov had a telephone conversation with Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya Ghassan Salame upon the initiative of the UN side.
According to the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry, during the conversation, Salame informed about the first meeting of the "5+5" Joint Military Committee held in Geneva under the auspices of the UN, consisting of representatives of the Government of National Accord of Libya and the Libyan National Army in order to consolidate the cessation of hostilities in the Tripoli area.
Other aspects of international efforts to promote a speedy resolution of the Libyan crisis were also touched upon, taking into account the results of the International conference on Libya in Berlin on January 19 this year and the ongoing relevant discussions in the UN Security Council.
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