Italy seeks to become an “energy bridge” between Africa and Europe after an $8 billion gas deal was signed with Libya yesterday, said Paolo Trancassini, an Italian member of parliament.
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The U.N. Envoy, Abdoulaye Bathily, briefed President of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso on his recent consultations with Libyan stakeholders during a meeting in Congo on Friday.
National Commission for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL), has rejected converting Libya into large detention center for migrants to protect Europe.
Chairman of the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC), Farhat Bengdara, met Saturday with the CEO of the Italian energy company, Eni, Claudio Descalzi, to sign an agreement to develop two gas fields off the western coast of Libya.
The Libyan outgoing Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, received the Italian Prime Minister, Georgia Meloni, and her accompanying delegation, in Tripoli on Saturday, according Dbeibeh’s Media Office.
Libya is working on increasing its oil production to 2 billion barrels per day both for domestic production and exports outside the country, Mohamed Aoun, the oil minister of Libya’s government of national unity, told Sputnik.
A crammed boat carrying Europe-bound migrants capsized off Libya, killing at least eight people, while 58 others were still missing, the Libyan Red Crescent said Wednesday.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is preparing a trip to Libya next Saturday as part of her efforts to secure more oil and gas supplies from North Africa, according to multiple press reports.
The arraignment of a Libyan intelligence operative suspected of making the bomb that blew up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 and killed 270 people was deferred on Wednesday due to delays and challenges securing a defense attorney.
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) will sign offshore gas exploration and production deals with Italy’s Eni on Saturday, NOC head Farhat Bengdara told a television channel.