Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of recent negotiations between military groups in Libya which were held in Cairo on the potential creation of a unified national army in Libya.

​The UK supports Egyptian-led reconciliation talks on the creation of a unified national security structure. We are in frequent contact with the Egyptian Government and Libyan participants about the progress of these talks, although we understand that they have not yet reached final agreement. In addition to the talks held in Cairo, the UN is supporting the Government of National Accord to establish more sustainable security structures in Tripoli and nationwide; it is important that all initiatives on the security track are coordinated and complementary, and serve to bolster the UN-led political process. The UK continues to engage with a range of military and security actors in both East and West Libya in order to support these efforts.