The political stabilisation of Libya and its security were the focus of secretary general Michele Valensise\u2019s meeting in Tripoli today with Libyan prime minister Ali’ Zidan, foreign minister Mohammed Abdel Aziz and other political exponents. Ambassador Valensise confirmed Italy\u2019s support at the delicate stage, and reiterated the Italian government\u2019s willingness to launch the military training programme agreed on during the Lough Erne G8 summit in June.<\/P>
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Italy\u2019s prominent role in Libya\u2019s stabilisation was underscored by both Zidan and Abdel Aziz, not least in view of the international conference on Libya that Italy will be hosting in the coming months. The Libyan leaders expressed great appreciation for the intensity of high-level relations with Italy, and for bilateral economic relations that are fed by the presence and dynamism of Italian firms in Libya.<\/P>
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\u201cWe confirmed Italy\u2019s commitment to facilitating the Libyan authorities\u2019 endeavour to build stable institutions; there are great expectations of the assistance that Italy offer Libya, on the basis of our long-standing friendship\u201d, Valensise stated at the end of his visit.<\/P>
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\u201cLibyan political forces must tackle fundamental questions concerning security, counter-terrorism, political dialogue, illegal immigration and the protection of energy resources, and Italy\u201d, the SG concluded, \u201cwill continue to collaborate with Libya in order to make this stage of its transition smoother. For us Libya is a strategic partner when it comes to security and development in the Mediterranean\u201d.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The political stabilisation of Libya and its security were the focus of secretary general Michele Valensise\u2019s meeting in Tripoli today with Libyan prime minister Ali’ Zidan, foreign minister Mohammed Abdel Aziz and other political exponents. Ambassador Valensise confirmed Italy\u2019s support at the delicate stage, and reiterated the Italian government\u2019s willingness to launch the military training […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[407,6,404],"class_list":["post-7353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comunicati","tag-g7","tag-mediterraneo-e-medio-oriente","tag-sicurezza"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}