U.N. chief urges Libya to hold June 25 elections as planned


  • World
  • Friday, 13 Jun 2014

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged Libya to stick to its plan to hold parliamentary elections on June 25 and defended the United Nations' goal of organising a meeting to promote reconciliation among the North African country's competing factions.

"The secretary-general continues to follow closely the situation in Libya and stresses the importance of the peaceful and timely holding of elections on 25 June," U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters.

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