238 migrants on board a fishing boat arrived in Lampedusa on Sunday evening after they left from Zuara in Libya the night before, Italian news agency Ansa reports.
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The Chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council, Mohamed Menfi, held talks on Sunday with Italian Ambassador to Libya, Giuseppe Buccino, to discuss the latest political and security developments the country.
Libya’s Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush and Italian Ambassador Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi, met in Tripoli on Saturday to discuss the latest political developments in the country, said the Libyan Foreign Ministry.
The chief executive of Eni has told the chairman of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) that the Italian energy group wants to launch new investments to increase the North African country’s gas output, Eni said in statement.
Libya and Italy agree on the urgency of appointing a new U.N. envoy to “accelerate the political process towards national elections,” said Rome’s Special Envoy to Libya Nicola Orlando on Monday.
The Libyan Air Ambulance flight with three injured Libyans on board landed on Thursday at the Italian military airport of Pisa, announced the Italian Foreign Ministry.
56 migrants, on a 10-meter boat that left Zawia in Libya, were rescued at dawn, about 3 miles from the coast of Lampedusa, by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza, according to Italian news agency Ansa.
The founder of a far-right Italian party and frontrunner to be the country’s next leader has called for a blockade of Libya to stop migrants crossing the Mediterranean, according to British newspaper the Daily Mail.
A little Libyan boy arrived on Saturday in Italy where he will receive treatment in the pediatric burn department of the Santobono hospital in Naples, Italian news agency Ansa reports.
The Italian Foreign Minister’s Special Envoy to Libya, Nicola Orlando, and Libya’s UN Representative, Taher Al-Sunni, have stressed the need to appoint a new UN envoy to Libya.