利比亚东部武装副司令于周三会见巴林代表团，讨论其对国际和联合国主导的统一国家机构以筹备选举努力的支持。
The deputy commander of eastern Libya’s forces met with a Bahraini delegation Wednesday to discuss their support for international and UN efforts to unify the country’s institutions ahead of elections.
据利比亚东部武装声明，萨达姆·哈夫塔尔在东部城市班加西接待了由巴林战略安全局局长艾哈迈德·本·阿卜杜勒阿齐兹·阿勒哈利法谢赫率领的代表团。
Saddam Haftar received the delegation headed by Sheikh Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Khalifa, the chairman of Bahrain’s Strategic Security Bureau, in the eastern city of Benghazi, according to a statement by the eastern Libyan forces.
声明称，双方讨论了多项“共同关心的问题”，并确认支持联合国主导的国际努力，以在选举前统一国家机构。
The two sides discussed several “issues of mutual interest” and affirmed support for UN-led international efforts to unify the country’s institutions ahead of elections, the statement said.
利比亚多年来面临西部和东部敌对权力中心之间的政治和体制分裂，以及武装团体泛滥和反复出现的安全紧张局势。
Libya has faced years of political and institutional division between rival centers of power in the country’s west and east, along with the proliferation of armed groups and recurring security tensions.
原定于2021年12月举行的总统和议会选举因政治和法律争端而陷入停滞。
Presidential and parliamentary elections originally scheduled for December 2021 have remained stalled because of political and legal disputes.
今年8月30日，利比亚各方在联合国斡旋下达成协议，重组高级国家选举委员会董事会，并解决管辖总统和议会选举的法律框架中的悬而未决问题。该协议承诺各方致力于在不超过24个月内举行选举。
On Aug. 30 this year, Libyan parties reached a UN-facilitated agreement on reconstituting the board of the High National Elections Commission and addressing outstanding issues in the legal framework governing presidential and parliamentary elections. The agreement commits the parties to work toward holding elections within no more than 24 months.