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A confidential European Union military report calls for continuing a controversial EU program to train and equip Libya’s coast guard and navy despite growing concerns about their treatment of migrants, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.

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Khaled Al-Mishri, Chairman of Libya’s High Council of State, reiterated on Monday the importance of activating the constitutional process and allowing the Libyan people to vote on the draft constitution, according to a statement by the council.

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Italy encourages Libya to set a new date for the presidential and parliamentary elections without resorting to a new transitional phase, according to a statement by the Libyan government on Monday.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Hundreds of migrants saved from boats sinking off the Libyan coast have walked ashore in southern Italy on Saturday.
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