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Libya’s Saleh says he will support the 4+4 agreement
Aguila Saleh, speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives, said Sunday that he would support the 4+4 committee agreement signed in Tripoli if it contributed to initiatives aimed at ending the country’s political and institutional divisions. The agreement envisages legislative and presidential elections within 24 months at the latest under a single executive authority and unified institutions.
As Libya’s 4+4 committee agreement aimed at ending the country’s political and institutional division was signed, House of Representatives Speaker Aguila Saleh said he would support it if it contributed to initiatives that could pull the country out of its current crisis and unify its institutions.
The final text on holding general elections was signed at the headquarters of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya in Tripoli. The agreement envisages legislative and presidential elections within 24 months at the latest under a single executive authority and unified national institutions.
Committee held seven rounds of talks in four months
The small dialogue committee under United Nations auspices comprises four members representing the Government of National Unity and four members representing the command of the forces in eastern Libya. The talks aimed to advance a roadmap for overcoming the political deadlock, holding elections and unifying the executive authority.
The talks lasted about four months and consisted of seven rounds. The negotiations began in Rome, concluded in Tunis and culminated in the signing of the final agreement at the United Nations mission headquarters in Tripoli.
The text provides for the reconstitution of the council of the High National Elections Commission. It recommends appointing Du Zubrahim Atiyya as council president and Sena al-Lishani as vice president.
Saleh calls for a political solution and stability
Saleh said he supported all initiatives and efforts that would deliver a comprehensive political solution. He said he welcomed the United Nations mission’s work to end the political division and achieve simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elections.
The speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives also said he was committed to agreements aimed at ending the division and establishing stability. He said those agreements should be implemented within the framework of the constitutional declaration, the legislation in force and the political agreement.
Hammad calls agreement an important step
Osama Hammad, head of the Libyan government appointed by the House of Representatives, welcomed the signing of the 4+4 committee agreement. Hammad described the text as an important step toward overcoming the political deadlock and returning to the national process.
Hammad said the United Nations mission had contributed to consensus by bringing the parties’ views closer together, and said the committee’s other results under the political project should be completed urgently. He stressed that all parties must adhere to the agreed timetable for the agreement to succeed.
Hammad said Libya was facing a genuine opportunity that could be seized and that national interests should be placed above everything else.
Different positions on the agreement
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, head of the Government of National Unity, and Khalifa Haftar, commander of the forces in eastern Libya, expressed their satisfaction with the signing of the agreement in separate statements. The United Nations mission and the European Union mission also welcomed the signing.
However, Mohamed al-Menfi, president of Libya’s Presidential Council, and Mohamed Takala, president of the High Council of State, opposed the agreement.
United Nations roadmap for Libya
The small dialogue committee continued its work after Hanna Tetteh, the United Nations envoy to Libya, briefed the United Nations Security Council on April 22. Tetteh had announced that she had engaged with a small group of Libyan actors.
The aim was to identify ways out of the political deadlock and lay the groundwork for Libyan institutions to implement the first two stages of the roadmap announced in August 2025. The roadmap envisages creating a technically sound and politically acceptable electoral framework, unifying institutions through a new and unified government, and conducting a structured dialogue that includes different segments of society.
Libya has two separate administrations: the Government of National Unity, based in Tripoli and governing the west of the country, and the government of Osama Hammad, based in Benghazi and governing most cities in the east and south. Hammad’s government was appointed by the House of Representatives in early 2022.
The planned elections are expected to end the transitional periods and political armed conflicts that have continued since the 1969–2011 rule of Muammar Gaddafi came to an end.
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