Preparation also began this week for a tribal conference to be held on 10 October in Sirte, organised by representatives of Libya’s eastern-based government and parliament. Although this meeting is unlikely to lead to the incorporation of tribal representation into the current internationally-mediated dialogues (from which the tribes and all ‘bottom-up’ social forces have been sidelined), the planned meeting in Sirte is an indication that the internationally-led dialogue process is at risk of failing if it does not recognise the importance of integrating tribal and communal components into the Libyan state-building process.
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Plans advance for tribal dialogue in Sirte