“General elections in Libya are scheduled for December 24.

We call on all parties to show maximum restraint in order to allow the long-suffering Libyan people to exercise their legal right to elect and be elected, "TASS quoted him as saying.

Earlier, the son of the former leader of Libya Muammar Gaddafi - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi - registered his candidacy for the presidential elections in Libya.

It also became known that the commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar will run for president of Libya.