Italian Foreign Minister: We Seek to Prevent Libya Turning Into Safe Haven for Terrorists.
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Brussels, 23 October 2019(Lana) Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di
Maio announced that Italy's objective in Libya was not to fuel the
conflict, but rather to put an end to it, and prevent Libya turning
into a terrorist safe haven, or a launching pad for thousands of
migrants to Europe.
This came at a the opening of the Special Conference on
Coordinating Humanitarian Work in Libya, organized by the Italian
Government in collaboration with European Assistance Programme in
Brussels.
Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Emanuela Del Re expressed at the
opening ceremony deep concern over repeated attacks against civilians
in Libya, and collapse of the humanitarian situation there.
'We want to make an appeal today for respect of the International
Humanitarian Law in this country', she said.
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