SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. has disbanded the special committee it launched in December 2018 to explore strategic options.

Libya sits on Africa's Mediterranean coast, and is divided between rival governments, each supported by various armed militias and foreign backers. It has the ninth largest known oil reserves in the world and the biggest oil reserves in Africa.

The agreement came after about four hours of talks at the chancellery in Berlin.

The focus is on a lasting ceasefire to restart talks.

Sami Bebawi, a former SNC-Lavalin executive who was found guilty of pocketing millions and paying off foreign officials, has been sentenced to eight years and six months in prison.

The airstrike hit a military academy used by the Tripoli-allied militias late Saturday in the Hadaba area, just south of the city centre.

Rockets and shelling also shut down Tripoli’s only functioning airport on Friday.

It was unclear what specific invitation Erdogan was referring to as the interior minister in the Tripoli-based government, Fathi Bashagha, suggested in comments to reporters in Tunis that no official request had yet been made.

The development comes as Turkey recently increased its backing for Libya's U.N.-supported government, based in the capital of Tripoli.

SNC-Lavalin's plea deal is likely not the last we’ve heard of the controversy surrounding the company, Rob Breakenridge says.