Libya thanks Italy for migrant rescue

(ANSA) - Rome, April 24 - The Libyan embassy in Rome on Friday thanked Italy for its efforts in saving and receiving migrants who "manage to reach Italian coasts". It voiced "deep condolences for the huge tragedy" of April 19, when more than 700 migrants drowned off its coasts. Libya supports "the efforts of the Italian government and the EU to seek solutions and remedies...that are more rooted in the countries of origin," the embassy said in a note. "Any action must be taken under the aegis of the United Nations, and it must reflect the international community's moral and humanitarian responsibility over time," it added. Solutions "based (solely) on notions of security are of limited effectiveness and go against a moral vision for the solution to this phenomenon".