The two delegations of Libya’s 5 + 5 Joint Military Committee concluded on Thursday their two-day talks in Sirte as they reached an agreement on a number of agreements related to the ceasefire deal made in Geneva in October 23.

The committee’s official concluding statement included several stages. The first stage includes the beginning of clearing the coastal road with a distance that allows safe passage for citizens, in addition to expelling all mercenaries and foreign fighters from the targeted area by opening the coastal road and gathering them in Tripoli and Benghazi to start in the next stage of their departure from Libyan territories.

The 5 + 5 Joint Military Committee mandated a sub-committee to withdraw vehicles and heavy weapons from the targeted area by opening the coastal road and bringing forces to their units in coordination with the Security Arrangements Committee to secure the area after its evacuation from the military forces.

As far as the second stage is concerned, it included the exit of mercenaries and foreign fighters from the area of ​​all contact lines and their withdrawal to Benghazi and Tripoli, as a first step to start the process of their departure from the Libyan territories.

Regarding security arrangements in the targeted area, the Joint Military Committee decided to approve joint security arrangements for the entire area of ​​contact lines that have been identified by the 5 + 5 Committee, in addition to adopting urgent security arrangements that allow opening the coastal road and facilitating traffic.