Overview
- Pakistani sources say Islamabad has quietly begun mediating talks that centre on a circulated 'Libya Reunification Plan' to run a 36-month transitional Government of National Consensus and Presidential Council.
- The proposal would keep Abdulhamid Dbeibah as prime minister for the transition and name Saddam Haftar chairman of the Presidential Council, with Khalifa Haftar’s faction given authority over the budget because it controls major oilfields.
- U.S. officials were described by Pakistani sources as aware of and involved in Islamabad’s role, and regional states including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey have encouraged or backed Pakistan’s engagement.
- Pakistan’s access to both sides rests on recent contacts, including a meeting last month between army chief Asim Munir and Saddam Haftar and earlier defence talks with the eastern LNA, while the western GNU has also sought direct engagement.
- Major hurdles remain because the plan must resolve control of oil revenues, budgets, appointments and election rules and create enforcement mechanisms acceptable to competing foreign patrons, and past Libyan agreements have collapsed quickly.