All participants from the Berlin Conference on Libya will join an upcoming virtual meeting of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya (IFCL) and discuss the latest developments in the North African country, as well as a negotiating process between the Libyan warring parties to achieve a permanent ceasefire, said Jean Alam, the head of Public Information and Communications Office of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).

“The next monthly meeting for the International Follow-up Committee on Libya will be jointly chaired by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya and the League of Arab States, as it was agreed upon the last meeting [on May 13], and based on the principles of the Berlin Conference,” Alam said.

The meeting will focus on “the latest events in the North African country, the implementation of the Berlin Conference’s outcomes and further steps,” including the support of the UNSMIL and the Libyan warring sides “in their talks within the 5+5 Joint Military Commission’s framework aiming at achieving a permanent ceasefire,” Alam noted.

According to Sunday’s Arab League statement, the meeting will also discuss the escalation around the Libyan city of Sirte.