The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily, held consultations in Berlin yesterday with the German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, on the political and security situation in Libya, in the presence by the German government’s special envoy for the Libyan question, Christian Buck. The parties called on Libyan institutions to focus on preparing for presidential and parliamentary elections in 2023, urging the international community to unite in supporting the Libyan people’s aspirations to elect legitimate institutions. The German Foreign Ministry said in a message on its Twitter profile that the consultations discussed ways to help Libya find a way out of the political impasse and move towards elections. Read more from Libya Update.