UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Libya mediator said on Wednesday it was "difficult to be optimistic" a peace deal could be reached, but the aim was to try and broker agreement on a unity government before the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan starts in mid-June.
The mediator, Bernardino Leon, briefed the U.N. Security Council on the conflict on Wednesday. Two governments - one in the east, the other in Tripoli - are fighting for control of the North African state, four years after the ouster of leader Muammar Gaddafi.
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