Conte: Government Will Consider Extension of Agreement With Libyan Coast Guard.
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Rome, 22 October 2019(Lana) Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte has
said the Government was the one to rule over the agreement signed
with the Libyan Coast Guard.
'When time comes for automatic extension of the agreement with
the Libyan Coast Guard that's in November, we will assess the matter,
and hold cabinet meetings to see whether to continue with it, Conte
was quoted by the Italian Aki news agency as saying.
According to media sources 'under the agreement between Italy and
the Libyan GNA forces, which is backed by the European Union, Libyans
can intercept boats carrying refugees on route to Europe across the
Mediterranean and return them to Libya.'
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