"United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres announced today the appointment of Jan Kubis from Slovakia as his Special Envoy for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)," the press release said.
Earlier, TASS, citing a source, reported that the UN Security Council approved Kubish's candidacy for the post of UN Secretary General's special envoy for Libya.
At the end of December, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord of Libya Ahmed Maityg commented on the Forum of Libyan Political Dialogue held under the patronage of the UN.