UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discussed the situation in Libya via telephone Wednesday with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media.

"The Prime Minister indicated his commitment to a dialogue within the 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission [JMC] and expressed his interest in a political solution based on elections," said a statement by Guterres's office which referred to a format with five representatives from the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) and five from renegade commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces.

The JMC is one of three tracks the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is working on in addition to economic and political tracks in compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 2510 (2020) and urges the two parties to reach a lasting cease-fire agreement.

The two men also discussed the need to reopen blocked oil terminals and oil fields.