(ANSAmed) - Rome, May 3 - Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni
told CNN Tuesday that the EU should make deals with African
countries along the lines of the one it has made with Turkey to
stem migrant flows.
He also said that, in Libya, the mistakes of five years ago
should be averted.
"Without a stabilisation of Libya it will be very difficult
to defeat Daesh (ISIS) and combat smuggling and migrations," he
said, adding "we should not repeat the same mistakes we made
five years ago".
Now that a national-unity government has been installed in
Libya we must support stabilisation, he said, noting that on
migration, "there is no easy solution but I think a solution is
possible".
"What we should do," he said, "is what we have done on the
Balkan route with Turkey. We should do the same with several
African countries where migrations originate".
"European money can be invested to get deals with countries
like Senegal, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and other African countries
to cut the flow.
"We need the same effort on Africa and the centre of the
Mediterranean that we had with Turkey for the Ballan route".
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