Commander of the Libyan National Army and Government of National Accord (GNA) head Fayez al-Sarraj agreed to hold elections in the North African country, announced the United Nations Thursday. Haftar met Sarraj on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi, where they agreed "on the need to end the transitional phase through general elections and on ways to preserve the stability of #Libya and unify its institutions," the UNs Libya mission UNSMIL tweeted. The leaders had agreed to a Paris-brokered deal in May 2018 to hold a nationwide election by the end of the year. But instability, territorial disputes and divisions in the oil-rich country delayed those plans. UN envoy Ghassan Salame told the UN Security Council last month that he was planning to organize a national conference inside Libya within weeks to pave the way for elections.