“Italy, which has consistently and actively supported UN efforts in the framework of the Berlin Process together with the main EU partners, warmly welcomes the communiqués issued today by the Presidential Council and the House of Representatives of the State of Libya with regard to some founding principles of a shared path to overcome the current institutional stalemate in the country, starting with an immediate cessation of hostilities and the resumption of oil production.
In the wake of recent statements on the resumption of oil production, for which Italy hopes to see a concrete implementation to all the branches of the Libyan oil industry throughout the country, these developments constitute an important and bold step towards the stabilisation of the Libyan crisis.
Italy will continue to play its active role of facilitation for a political solution to the Libyan crisis and urges all parties concerned to give a rapid and effective follow-up to the path outlined in the Presidential Council and House of Representatives’ communiqués.