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Libya's Tobruk-Based Parliament to Move to Benghazi After City's Liberation

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The House of Representatives, Libya's Tobruk-based parliament, plans to move its headquarters to the city of Benghazi after it is freed from terror groups, the parliament's President Aguila Saleh told Sputnik on Tuesday.

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AL QUBAH (Sputnik) — He added that the parliament would not move to the new headquarters until the security forces deem it safe.

"The place is ready, the secretariat of the parliament [House of Representatives] in Benghazi is making the official headquarters ready for the parliament, we will move there soon," Saleh said.

Libya has been in a state of turmoil since 2011, when a civil war began in the country and long-standing leader Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown.

As agreed in December 2015, the two Libyan rival parliaments — the House of Representatives and the Tripoli-based New General National Congress — established a UN-backed Libyan Political Dialogue as a mechanism of reconciliation and formed the Government of National Accord, which is yet to be supported by the House of Representatives.

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