Italy's new consul in the eastern Libyan port city, Carlo Batori, will take up his post on 26 May, foreign minister Luigi Di Maio told the lower house of parliament on Wednesday.
"The foreign ministry has also begun the necessary steps to reopen Italy's foreign trade agency's office andnthe Italian cultural institute in Tripoli," Di Maio stated.
Di Maio in April announced the re-opening of Italy's consulate in Benghazi. It was closed in 2013 after gunmen attempted to kill consul Guido De Sanctis on 12 January that year.
