Italian diplomat: Rome and Paris should work together for a joint agreement on the Libyan crisis.

Rome,19.10.2019 - Lana - "Italy and France have a duty to implement a joint agreement on the Libyan crisis, a move that could unite non-Libyan actors on the path of institution-building"; the president of the Italian Association of International Organizations (SIOI) Franco Frattini said. At the conference "France and Italy .. the state of instability in Libya", held in Rome during the 10th edition of the Diplomatic Festival, "Italy and France must have the ability to move forward with a Libyan agreement that can bring together both European soft power and the political power of NATO alliance," Frattini said. He added, the new plan could address all aspects of the current crisis not only security-related risks such as human trafficking, terrorism and drugs, but also the Libyan economy, according to the Italian agency "Nova". According to Frattini, a former Italian foreign minister, this could greatly help in diplomatic work in favor of political reconciliation, adding: France and Italy have a duty to work together at this stage. Frattini pointed out that Rome and Paris had some differences on the means, but the international meeting held a few weeks ago in New York organized by Italy and France on the Libyan file, had recorded a strong convergence between the five permanent members of the Security Council (the United States, Russia, China, the United Kingdom and France) ). =Lana=