U.N. plans new Libya talks next week in Geneva - official

SKHIRAT, Morocco (Reuters) - The United Nations plans a new round of talks between Libya's warring factions next week in Geneva in an effort to form a unity government and end the country's crisis, a UN spokesman said on Friday.

Delegates from Tripoli's self-declared government had dropped out of talks organised in Morocco this week, saying they needed time to form a new negotiating team after a chief member resigned. Representatives of the rival internationally recognised government had been present.

(Reporting by Aziz El Yaakoubi; writing Patrick Markey; editing by John Stonestreet)