France's Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian has urged Libya's unity government to act on a United Nations plan for 2018 elections and a national dialogue to stabilise the war-torn country. This calendar is the indispensable political solution for Libya and it must be implemented now with the utmost speed," Jean said after talks in Tripoli with Fayez al-Sarraj, head of the Government of National Accord. <br/><br/>Oil-rich Libya has been wracked by chaos since a 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Sarraj's GNA, the product of a 2015 deal aimed at restoring stability to Libya, has failed to impose its authority across much of the country, particularly the east where a rival government backed by military strongman Khalifa Haftar holds sway.<br/><br/>A plan presented to the UN Security Council in September by international envoy Ghassan Salame seeks to negotiate a new political deal that would be accepted by authorities in the east. French President Emmanuel Macron, who hosted a meeting in July between Sarraj and Haftar, at the time announced a deal to hold elections in the spring.