A draft of the results of the Paris conference on Libya stated - today, Friday - that those who try to obstruct the elections and the political transition in the country will be held accountable, and may face sanctions from the United Nations, in light of an international meeting to try to help Libya restore stability in a first stage represented by holding successful elections in December Next first.
The draft - seen by Reuters - urged all parties to adhere to a timetable for presidential and parliamentary elections, which are scheduled to start on December 24.
It also called for the implementation of an existing plan to withdraw mercenaries and foreign forces from Libya without delay.
French President Emmanuel Macron will host the conference, which started on Friday afternoon, in the presence of leaders of about 30 countries, including countries that participate in the organization, such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and from the Libyan side, President of the Presidential Council Mohamed El Manfi and Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dabaiba.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will deliver a speech via video link.
The conference will also be attended by officials from most of the countries involved in the Libyan crisis or its settlement, including US Vice President Kamala Harris, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
The Elysee Palace stated that "the aim of this conference is to provide international support for the continuation of the ongoing political transition and the holding of elections on time."
However, the presidential elections remain on December 24 and the legislative elections to be held a month later;
Unconfirmed amid renewed differences between the two competing camps.
The French presidency indicated that "the elections are close," stressing that "the country's stability is at stake," and that the unemployed who want to disrupt the current dynamic are lurking in it, and trying to derail the process.
It is assumed that these elections - which are the culmination of a difficult political process under the auspices of the United Nations - turn the page of a decade of chaos since the fall of the regime of the late Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, and end the divisions and conflicts between two competing camps, one in the west of the country and the other in the east.
But the political tension returned again;
Both parties question the other party's pursuit of its interests;
What makes the holding of the elections uncertain is in a security situation that is still fragile.
Nominations for the election of the head of state - the first elections to be held by universal suffrage in Libya - began last Monday.
There are many speculations about the intentions of Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Muammar Gaddafi, and retired Major General Khalifa Haftar to apply for candidacy.
Representatives of Haftar's forces in the "5 + 5" Joint Military Committee had said that they had agreed to deport 300 foreign fighters from the territories under their control.
Reuters quoted a statement by an official in Haftar's forces - yesterday evening, Thursday - that this will be the first group of foreign fighters to leave the country under an agreement signed by the warring parties last October under the auspices of the United Nations to implement a gradual withdrawal of mercenaries.