The African Union is organizing a national reconciliation conference for Libya, AU Commission chief Moussa Faki Mahamat told AFP on Sunday, in the latest bid to restore stability to the country.

"We have met with the different parties and we are in the process of working with them on a date and place for the national conference," he said after a press conference wrapping up a two-day AU summit.

The meeting will be chaired by the African Union's point man on Libya, Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Faki said.

This comes after a United Nations announcement earlier this month, that senior officials from Libya's rival administrations had endorsed a coordination mechanism to clear the country of foreign troops and mercenaries.

The UN mission in Libya hailed "an important step toward achieving sustainable stability and peace in Libya" after a meeting in Cairo on February 8 along with officials from Sudan and Niger.

However, the discussions led by UN envoy Abdoulaye Bathily failed to produce a clear timetable or concrete measures for the withdrawal of foreign fighters.

The UN estimated in late 2021 that there were more than 20,000 foreign fighters, both military and paramilitary, in the country.