Libya's New PM makes first speech since taking power

Libya's new prime minister Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah hailed on Saturday the new political map, which will become a path to end the conflict and to reach democratic elections based on constitutional and democratic foundations.

In his first speech since assuming power, Dbeibah said that the agreement reached on Friday in Geneva was a "symbol of the victory of national unity, reunification, peace-building and achieving the desired democracy."

"Failure is not an option," he added, pledging that his government will support women, the youth, local governments and the spreading of a culture of freedom of opinion.

Dbeibah also called on regional and international countries to cooperate with Libya’s interim administration.

Dbeibah, the appointed prime minister, should form a Cabinet and present its program within three weeks.

After months of talks, the U.N. process - known as the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum which includes 75 delegates from across the country - appointed Mohammad Younes Menfi, a Libyan diplomat from the country's east, as chairman of the Presidential Council, and Dbeibah, a powerful businessman from the western city of Misrata, as prime minister.

Libya descended into chaos following the 2011 uprising that ousted and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

The country has been divided since 2015 between two governments, one in the east and one in the west, with each backed by an array of militias and foreign governments.