The Italian Consul in Benghazi, Carlo Batori, held talks on Monday with eastern representatives of the Libyan Business Council to discuss the latter’s cooperation with Italian companies to implement the coastal motorway project.
Libyan Health Minister, Ali al-Zanati, agreed in a meeting with World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Libya, Elizabeth Hoff, and her accompanying delegation, to provide 3 oxygen factories in coordination with the Italian side.
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Italian Interior Minister, Luciana Lamorgese, stated that Italy would intensify its financial commitment to promoting rural development with a view to stabilizing the Libyan Fezzan region, which is severely affected by migratory flows.
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Taher Baour, the foreign affairs representative of the Libyan government’s cabinet office, discussed with the Italian Ambassador Giuseppe Buccino, joint cooperation between the two countries during a meeting on Thursday.
Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdel Hamid Dbeibeh, issued instructions to Health Minister, Ali Al-Zinati, to open an investigation into the case of preventing player of the Libyan National Mini-football Team from boarding an air ambulance and boarding two other people who were not among the team’s players.
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Egypt and Italy stressed the need for foreign forces and mercenaries to leave Libya without delay, while welcoming the opening of the Coastal Road between the cities of Sirte and Misrata.
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The Italian Senate approved on Wednesday a resolution which would allow the government to continue providing support for the Libyan Coast Guard. However, ten senators voted against the resolution, citing the human rights abuse that migrants endure in Libyan detention centers.
Italian senators representing the L’Alternativa c’è political party called for the government to stop funding for the “Libyan-Turkish coast guard”, during a parliamentary session on Wednesday.
Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese arrived in Tripoli on Wednesday, where she met with Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh to discuss issues of mutual concerns, at the top of which is the migration crisis.