"The participants in the political dialogue have agreed on a roadmap for the unification of state bodies ... agreed to hold elections in no more than 18 months (after the start of the transition period)," RIA Novosti quotes the words of the acting president.

Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Libya Stephanie Williams.

The forum in Tunisia, held under the patronage of the UN Mission to Support Libya, was attended by 75 delegates.

According to the plan of the UN mission, the Libyan forum of political dialogue should end with the selection of members of the new presidential council and the government of Libya.

Following the approval of the composition of the government by the House of Representatives of Libya and the Supreme State Council in the country, according to the plan, a transitional period will begin, which should not exceed 18 months, after which elections should be held in the country.

At the end of October, the head of the government of national accord (PNC) of Libya, Faiz Sarraj, announced that he decided not to resign in order to avoid a "political vacuum."