Representatives from rival factions in Libya’s new parliament have held UN-brokered talks for the first time in the western oasis town of Ghadames.
Sitting members of the House of Representatives met fellow MPs who have so far boycotted sessions.
The parliament was elected in July but has been hampered by an upsurge in political violence across the country.
Oil-rich Libya has been plagued by instability since the overthrow of Col Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
Militia groups, some of them remnants of forces which helped oust Gaddafi, have been fighting for power among themselves.
Recent fighting has forced the internationally-recognised new parliament to convene in the small city of Tobruk near the Egyptian border, with different militia groups controlling most of the country…
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