Benghazi: Libya's House of Representatives on Monday unanimously approved the final agreement reached by the 4+4 Small Dialogue Committee aimed at paving the way for presidential and parliamentary elections, according to a statement by the parliament.

According to Anadolu Agency, House of Representatives spokesman Abdullah Bliheg announced that lawmakers unanimously voted to adopt the agreement during a session in the eastern city of Benghazi. The agreement involves restructuring the board of Libya's High National Elections Commission, addressing disputed issues related to the legal framework for presidential and parliamentary elections, and holding the votes under a single executive authority and unified national institutions within a maximum period of 24 months.

The 4+4 Committee signed the final agreement on August 30 during an official ceremony at the headquarters of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) in Tripoli. This committee is composed of four members representing the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity and four representing eastern Libyan authorities. Their UN-sponsored talks have aimed at breaking Libya's political deadlock and advancing a roadmap toward elections and unified executive authority.

On September 3, UNSMIL formally referred the agreement to the House of Representatives and the High Council of State, providing these two bodies one month from the signing date to approve it. Libya has remained politically divided between the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity, led by Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, and an eastern-based government appointed by the House of Representatives and headed by Prime Minister Osama Hammad.

Libyans are hopeful that the long-awaited elections will end political and armed conflicts, bringing to a close the successive transitional periods that have persisted since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi's regime, who ruled Libya from 1969 to 2011.