The chair of the AU commission Moussa Faki Mahamat made the announcement at the end of a two-day summit in Addis Ababa.

He said the AU was working with all sides to decide on a date and place for the meeting.

The United Nations said recently that Libya's rival administrations had agreed on a mechanism to clear foreign troops and mercenaries from the country.

But they have failed to come up with a timetable for their departure.