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The two warring sides in Libya’s long-running civil conflict have signed an agreement to put in place “a permanent cease-fire in all areas of Libya,” the United Nations said in a Facebook post on Friday.
The UN called the deal “a historic achievement.”
Libya has been in the grips of a conflict since 2014 pitting an UN-backed government in the capital, Tripoli, against rival authorities based in the east of the country. The conflict has drawn in a number of local militias in addition to regional and foreign powers.
The UN said the agreement was an “important turning point towards peace and stability in Libya.”
“The road to a permanent cease-fire deal was often long and difficult,” said UN envoy for Libya Stephanie Turco Williams, who mediated in talks between the two sides.
She voiced the hope that the deal would succeed “in ending the suffering of Libyans and allowing those displaced by the conflict to return to their homes.”
On Wednesday, Williams said there had been agreements to open air and land routes in the country and to take measures to get Libya’s vital oil industry up and running once more.
The North African country has been in a state of political and social chaos since its longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi was ousted and killed in a NATO-backed uprising in 2011.
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