Libyan General Khalifa Haftar
on Tuesday in Rome thanked Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti "for
Italy's commitment in the north African country recognising its
collaborative spirit aimed at pacifying Libya," the defence
ministry said. The general "expressed his recognition of Italy's
availability in the health sector, taking into treatment the
most delicate cases of Libyan wounded, in the hospital
facilities of our country", it said. Pinotti told Haftar that
there was no military solution to healing the rifts between
Libya's three rival governments. She said all Italian
initiatives fully respected Libyan sovereignty. Haftar said the
Libyan population was "suffering" and a "swift" solution was
needed. Haftar controls much of eastern Libya while a unity
government in Tripoli to the west is recognised by the UN.
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