This is presented as a step towards long-delayed national elections in these deeply divided countries.
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Both sides signed a document that was the result of negotiations held in Rome and Tunis in recent months. The ceremony took place in Tripoli, at the headquarters of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), with the participation of the mission head Hanna Tetteh.
Libya’s Presidential Council Vice President Moussa al Koni welcomed the “opportunity that will allow Libya to move from divided governance to its conclusion,” while the Eastern representative Abdul Rahman Al Abbar stated that the parties “agreed on important mutual compromises.”
The oil-rich North African state is struggling to recover from the chaos that erupted in 2011 during the NATO-backed uprising, which overthrew the country’s longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Currently, two governments are competing for power: the UN-recognized administration in Tripoli and rivals in the East, supported by military commander Khalifa Haftar.
The television channel “al-Masar” reported that Kh. Haftar welcomed the progress “in resolving issues that have remained unresolved for many years and hindered the will of the Libyan people to hold presidential and parliamentary elections.”
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H. Tetteh welcomed the Sunday agreement, which particularly emphasizes the restructuring of the High National Elections Commission, and urged turning this agreement into concrete actions.
Presidential elections, intended to unite the divided country, were planned for the end of 2021 but were postponed indefinitely due to disputes.
In recent years, the parties disagreed on whether military personnel and dual citizens should have the right to participate in elections, as well as whether presidential and parliamentary votes should be held simultaneously or separately.
In August 2025, the UN proposed a plan for general elections and institutional unification in Libya, aiming to implement a “politically viable electoral system” and form a “new unified government.”
This UN-backed agreement is separate from another initiative led by US President Donald Trump’s senior advisor for Arab and African affairs Massad Boulos, seeking to bring together Libya’s Eastern and Western institutions.
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