The first flight in ten years between Rome and Italy will take place today after Italy agreed to lift lifted a decade-long ban on Libyan civil aviation using Italian airspace, Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh revealed yesterday.
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The International Conference on Development and Migration commenced today in Rome, hosted by the Italian government. The conference has convened representatives from over 50 countries along with UN agencies, NGOs and other stakeholders.
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh told the leaders of Europe and Southern Mediterranean in Rome today that his government rejects any proposal to settle migrants in Libya.
Mediterranean and Middle East countries will meet in Rome on Sunday to boost efforts to stem illegal migration flows, with Italy saying the aim is to help countries in Africa in order to reduce the impetus for migrants to reach Europe.
Chairman of the Libyan High Council of State, Khaled al-Mishri, held talks on Tuesday with the Italian ambassador in Tripoli, Gianluca Alberini.
An Italian fishing vessel that came under fire from the Libyan coast guard on Tuesday morning for allegedly fishing inside Libya’s exclusive maritime zone is navigating back towards Italy, Italian news agency Ansa report.
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, held talks yesterday with the Italian ambassador in Libya, Gianluca Alberini.
The EU delivered two patrol boats to Libya in a ceremony on Thursday (22 June) in the Sicilian city of Messina in the presence of European Commission officials, the Italian authorities, and the Tripoli-based coastguard, according to a press statement on Friday (23 June), Euractiv reported.
The first meeting of the Libya-Italy Military Cooperation Committee in 2023 was held in Tripoli between 7 and 8 June, revealed the Ministry of Defense of the Government of National Unity of Libya (GNU) in a statement on its Facebook page yesterday.
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani met today as part of the premier’s high-level visit to Rome.