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Sources close to European
High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini said
Wednesday that the EU may close the Sophia naval mission to
combat human trafficking in the Mediterranean.
"Operation Sophia... combatted the trafficking of human
beings in the Mediterranean up to the point of almost stopping
it completely, it trained the Libyan coast guard and it saved
human lives," the sources said.
"Sophia brought the whole EU into the Mediterranean, while
Italy was alone there before 2015.
"If today Italy, which has the command and headquarters of
the operation, no longer wants Sophia, we are ready to close
it".
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