United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres intends to appoint former Palestinian Authority president Salam Fayyad as his special envoy to Libya, according to a letter seen by Adnkronos International (AKI).
In the letter sent to current UN Security Council president Volodymyr Yelchenko, Guterres asks him to inform the top UN decision-making body of his intention to appoint Fayyad as his special envoy to Libya.
The current UN special envoy to Libya, Martin Kobler, declined to comment to AKI on the letter, saying it was an "internal matter" .
Kobler, a German, was appointed to the role in November 2015.
Fayyad was Palestinian Authority prime minister from June 2007 to June 2013.