UN hails Libyan agreement to move toward elections

The UN Security Council on Tuesday hailed an agreement reached by Libya’s rival political groups that paves the way for elections to be held within two years.

The UN-backed deal, signed in the capital Tripoli on August 30, was hailed as a step towards holding much-delayed national elections in the deeply divided country.

Jerome Bonnafont, France’s permanent representative to the United Nations, who is presiding over the Security Council…