Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met Monday with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on the sidelines of the COP27 World Climate Summit held in Egypt, according to the Spokesman for the Egyptian Presidency.
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Libyan Foreign Minister, Najla Mangoush, spoke on the phone today with her Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani, during which they discussed “commitment to the stabilization” of Libya and “fight combat human trafficking”, according to brief statement by the Italian Foreign Ministry via Twitter.
Responding to the authorities’ decision to refuse some people the ability to disembark in Catania, Sicily, and efforts to push them back to sea, Julia Hall, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director at the Europe Regional Office, said Italian authorities must urgently allow all people on ship to disembark as soon as possible.
Libya’s Attorney-General has ordered the pre-trial detention of a person accused of causing debt to the Libyan state with two medical facilities in Italy for over 9 million euros.
Libya has agreed with Eni and BP to begin extracting natural gas from a Mediterranean gas field believed to be bigger than Egypt’s huge Zohr field, the head of the National Oil Company (NOC) told Skynews Arabia on Monday.
Forty organizations have urged civil society to demonstrate against the Italy-Libya memorandum during a demonstration organized next Wednesday at 5.30 pm in Rome’s Esquilino square.
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, who leads the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity, is “looking forward” to continue “meaningful cooperation” between Italy and Libya on migration and energy after far-right leader Giorgia Meloni was sworn-in as new Italian prime minister.
Italian activists gathered in front of the headquarters of the Italy-Libya Chamber of Commerce to demand revocation of their country’s 2017 memorandum with Libya.
Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni has claimed victory in Italy’s election, and is on course to become the country’s first female prime minister.
Italy has reaffirmed its “commitment to supporting an inclusive path to elections” during two days of discussions about the crisis in Berlin this weekend, according to Italian Envoy Nicola Orlando.