War-ravaged Libya's rival political factions must speed up UN-mediated negotiations leading to the election of a new government, Italy's premier Giuseppe Conte and Libyan counterpart Fayez al-Sarraj agreed Friday at talks in Rome, Conte tweeted.
Italy's prime minister Giuseppe Conte and foreign minister Luigi Di Maio on Friday held talks in Rome with Libyan premier Fayez al-Sarraj, Adnkronos has learned. No information on an agenda for the talks was immediately available.
Libya's prime minister Fayez al-Serraj is set to arrive in Rome "in a matter of hours", unnamed sources told Adnkronos on Thursday.
Libya's premier Fayez al-Sarraj will travel to Turkey via Italy for talks with top Libyan officials, sources cited by 218 Tv, which is close to Libya's eastern warlord Khalifa Haftar, on Thursday.
Italy on Friday lauded Libya's premier Fayez al-Sarraj's announcement that he will hand over power by end-October to a new executive arising from inter-Libyan talks, calling the decision "an act of great responsibility".
Libya's internationally recognised government is to set up a panel aimed at boosting business ties with its former colonial master, premier Fayez al-Sarraj said on Tuesday
Libya is a key player in the Mediterranean and is vital to the region's growth, Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio said during a visit to the war-wracked country on Tuesday.
Eni's chief executive officer Claudio Descalzi on Wednesday held talks with Libya's premier Fayez al-Sarraj and National Oil Company president Mustafa Sanalla to underline the Italian oil major's unwavering commitment to its operations in the war-ravaged country and amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Eni said in a statement.
