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.
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.