The Libyan capital, Tripoli, witnessed today, Sunday, contacts and discussions on forming the prospective government and writing the constitution, while the Minister of Interior of the Government of National Accord, Fathi Bashagha, survived an assassination attempt.

The new president of the Libyan Presidency Council, Muhammad al-Manfi, and the head of the national unity government, Abdel-Hamid al-Dabaiba, discussed with the members of the "5 + 1" joint military committee the possibility of holding a session of the House of Representatives in the city of Sirte.

Exiled and members of the Presidency Council, Abdullah Al-Lafi and Musa Al-Koni, held the first meeting with the President of the National Unity Government, Abdel-Hamid Al-Dabaiba, in the capital, Tripoli, and discussed the formation of the government and efforts to gain confidence from the House of Representatives.

For his part, the UN special envoy to Libya, Jan Kubisch, made a phone call with the elected President of the Presidency Council, Muhammad al-Manfi, and discussed ways to proceed with arrangements for holding a session of the Parliament to give confidence to the new government.

The UN mission stated on its website that Kubis met a number of members of the constituent body to draft the constitution, who briefed him on their course of work and their completion of the draft constitution in July 2017.

Kubis discussed with members of the draft constitution drafting body the arrangements that the Libyan authorities should take to hold the general elections set for December 24th.

Bashagha revealed last month a security operation in the west of the country aimed at eliminating armed militias (Reuters)

Assassination attempt

In a related context, sources said to Al-Jazeera that the convoy of the Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha came under fire from an armored car while it was passing by the Janzour area, west of Tripoli.

The sources added that one of the attackers was killed, while the security forces managed to arrest two others after their car flipped over.

Al-Jazeera correspondent in Libya, Nasser Shadid, reported that Bashagha survived the attack and was unharmed, and that he arrived in the capital, Tripoli, safely.

The reporter said that Bashagha was on his way back from a meeting with the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Oil Corporation, Mustafa Sanallah, where he discussed agreement with him on joint work to secure the oil sector from any security threats.

He pointed out that the Libyan Interior Minister had revealed last month a security operation in the west of the country aimed at eliminating armed militias.

Bashagha had previously warned that extremists had regained a foothold in the city of Sirte during the attempt by retired Major General Khalifa Haftar to seize the capital, Tripoli, in 2019.

The Libyan minister expressed his intention to address the problem of the militants by identifying the militias that must be disarmed and those that can be absorbed in the security services.