UN: Ceasefire monitors to meet in Sirte in early August for foreign forces exit plan

International monitors of the Libyan ceasefire will hold a meeting the 5+5 Joint Military Committee and the Libyan monitors in Sirte in early August, the United Nations announced on Monday.

Addressing the Security Council during a Libya briefing, the U.N. Assistant to Secretary-General for Africa Martha Pobee said the purpose of the meeting in Sirte is to “finalize a proposed plan for the withdrawal of foreign forces and mercenaries.”

“On this occasion, they also intend to activate a Joint Operations Room,” she added without elaboration on the nature of this operation room.

Pobee reported that the Libyan monitors together with international monitors conducted two joint workshops in Tunis in June and July to “operationalize the Libyan-led and Libyan-owned Ceasefire Monitoring Mechanism.”