Libya agrees on election road map

CAIRO — Members of Libya's High Council of State and House of Representatives agreed on Thursday on outlining a road map to hold the long-awaited presidential and legislative elections for the formation of a unified government.

The attendees agreed "to submit a road map proposal by members of both bodies as the basic path to completing the remaining requirements necessary to reach the elections", said a statement issued after the talk.

They agreed to work on expanding consensus and holding elections "under the laws agreed upon and issued by the House of Representatives", the statement said.