Abdulla al-Lafi, Deputy Chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council, met on Sunday with Italy’s Special Envoy to Libya, Nicola Orlando, and Ambassador Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi in Tripoli, announced the council’s spokeswoman Najwa Wheba.
The Head of the European Union’s Border Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM), Natalina Cea, and the Commander of the Italian Bilateral Mission of Assistance and Support in Libya (MIASIT LIBYA) Rear Admiral Placido Torresi, signed a Working Arrangement to establish operational cooperation between the two Missions.
President of the Libyan Presidential Council (PC), Mohamed al-Menfi, discussed Sunday with delegation of the Libyan-Italian Joint Committee the problems and obstacles facing the Implementation Body of the Imsaed-Ras Ajdir Freeway Project, from Libyan-Egyptian border crossing to Libyan-Tunisian border crossing.
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Italy’s Special Envoy to Libya, Nicola Orlando, held a “fruitful and open discussion” on Wednesday with his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Abdel-Meguid and Cairo’s Assistant Foreign Minister for the Middle East Mohamed Sarwat Selim.
A new lawsuit filed before the International Criminal Court (ICC) would implicates the Libyan authorities in crimes against humanity over systematic abuse of migrants, while also holding italy and Malta accountable as alleged accomplices, Italian newspaper Avvenire reports.
The Italian military in Libya is blocked by the Libyans, who are making money on visas for the new contingent, which was supposed to replace “our men”, reported the Italian newspaper il Geornale.
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Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio spoke on the phone with his American counterpart Antony Blinken to discuss a number of international issues including the elections in Libya, the Italian foreign ministry said on Friday.
France, Germany, Italy, the UK, and the U.S. “stand ready to hold to account those who threaten the stability or undermine the political and electoral process in Libya, through violence, or the incitement of violence,” according to a joint statement released Friday by the five countries.
Italy is strengthening its presence at the Misurata Airbase in western Libya, where satellite images showed new constructions at the Italian military section of the Base.
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