Foreign powers to push Libyan rivals for truce in Berlin

FILE PHOTO: People are seen at Martyrs' Square in Tripoli, Libya January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

BERLIN/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Germany and the United Nations will push rival Libyan camps and their foreign backers fighting over the capital to agree on Sunday to a truce and monitoring mechanism as first steps towards peace, diplomats and a draft communique said.

But the meeting in Berlin at Chancellor Angela Merkel's headquarters will not try to broker power-sharing between the eastern-based forces and the internationally-recognised government in Tripoli, said diplomats briefed on preparations.