Libya's Parliament Seeks Unity: Members gather in Cairo to discuss political roadmap

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Turning to Cairo, where a delegation of Libyan members of parliament are meeting. The talks center around how to reconcile their division sparked by the Tripoli offensive. CGTN's Adel El Mahrouky has more from the Egyptian capital.

In 2014 members of the Tobrok based parliament were elected with about 20% of the voting population turnout. Despite the little interest of Libyans to vote and the boycott of the biggest Islamist groups, that parliament has gained international recognition. Yet it was not an exception to the division that tore the country.

Cairo has been one of the biggest regional supporters to that Eastern parliament and its allied LNA forces lead by general Khalifa Haftar. This week the Egyptian capital is leading an initiative to reunite those MPs.

ALMAHDY AL AWAR MEMBER OF LIBYAN PARLIAMENT "The Egyptian authorities and Egyptian members of parliament believe that they should exert more effort to unify the members of Libyan parliament. Libya's parliament must return as a key political player because there should be no political solution in Libya except through the house of representatives."

Some 90 members of parliament have showed up in the three days conference, almost all of them oppose the Tripoli government led by Fayez AL Sarraj.

And despite their agreement to unite, they're still marginalizing a strong segment of Libya's political power.

Libya's MPs reaffirmed their mission to preserve Libya's unity. And despite their announced support to general Khalifa Haftar, who has shown ambition to lead the country, they insist they want to establish a civil state.

ADEL EL MAHROUKY CAIRO "Libyan MPs here in Cairo have also agreed to hold a bigger congress for all representatives to finalize their vision on a political road map. Their rivals in the West are still expected to boycott that meeting. Which makes the Cairo talks mainly to reconcile the differences between the Eastern parliament which the war over Tripoli sparked. Adel EL Mahrouky, CGTN, CAIRO."