High-level officials convened on Friday ahead of the fourth meeting of Libya Contact Group in Istanbul.

The Libya Contact Group meeting will take place at Ciragan Palace under the co-chairing of Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which hosted the third meeting of the Libya Contact Group.

The former meetings of the Group took place in Qatar, Italy and the UAE.

The Libya Contact Group was established on March 29, 2011 at the London Conference to solve the Libyan crisis and coordinate international efforts made in this direction.

The fourth meeting of Libya Contact Group will begin with speeches by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and UAE's Foreign Minister Abdallah bin Zayid Al Nuhayyan.

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