Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio held a meeting yesterday in Rome with his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra to discuss the political transition process in Libya, according to the Italian foreign ministry.
A third batch of anti-COVID-19 vaccines arrived from Italy to Libya this afternoon, bringing the number of doses donated by Italy to the North African country to 501,600, Italian news agency ANSA reported.
Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi and French President Emmanuel Macron had bilateral talks at the EU-Western Balkans summit in Slovenia on Wednesday.
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio told his U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken in Paris today that there is a risk of renewed violence and instability if Libyan elections on December 24 were to be cancelled.
Former Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha met with Italian ambassador to Libya Giuseppe Buccino in Tripoli where they “discussed the current political situation and the efforts of the international community to ensure the holding of presidential and parliamentary elections on time in accordance with the roadmap,” according to Bashagha.
The former Italian Minister of Interior, Marco Minetti, has warned the Libya would face a similar fate to Syria if the upcoming elections on December 24 did not go ahead.
Italy’s Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio has warned against “spoilers” who attempt to obstruct the Libyan presidential and parliamentary elections on December 24.
The stability of the entire North Africa region will be in jeopardy if the Libyan elections did not take place on December 24, warned Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on Thursday.