Italian Interior Minister Marco
Minniti met with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj on Monday
in Tripoli, where Serraj told Minniti that Italy and Libya are
"firmly on the same side in the fight against migrant
trafficking", according to a tweet by the Italian embassy in
Tripoli.
Libya's role in patroling the country's coastline will be
gradually strengthened and reinforced by increasing bilateral
cooperation between the two countries, ANSA learned in Cairo.
Minniti highlighted Italy's effort to improve reception
centres in Libya through the work of the International
Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency
UNHCR.
In a post on Facebook, the Libyan Presidential Council said
the meeting focused in particular on bilateral security
cooperation and development through technical training for
Libyan groups specialized in border control and in the fight
against illegal migration.
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