Libya receives four boats after their maintenance in Italy.
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Tripoli, 15 May 2017 (Lana) Four Libyan boats docked at Tripoli
Naval Base after undergoing maintenance work.
The handover ceremony of the boats was attended by Minister of
Defense, Al Mehdi Al Baraghti, and Minister of Interior, Al-Araf Al
Khuja and Italian Minister of Interior, Marco Minniti, Italian
ambassador to Libya and Commander of the naval base, Navy chief of
staff, and several officers from the ministries of defense and
interior.
Italian Minister of Interior explained during the ceremony
difficulties and challenges facing Libya and Italy regarding illegal
migration, pointing out significance of cooperation and coordination
between the two Libyan and Italian sides to fight this phenomena.
The four boats were to be handed over in 2014 but security
situation then prevented their hand over.
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