Berlin supports Italy on trafficking -PM

(ANSA) - Rome, July 26 - Premier Paolo Gentiloni said Wednesday that Italy had Germany's backing for its initiatives to stop human trafficking in the Mediterranean. "We are working together with the Libyan local and central authorities against trafficking," Gentiloni told a press conference after meeting Libyan Premier Fayez al-Sarraj in Rome. "A few hours ago I spoke to (German Chancellor Angela) Merkel on the telephone and she confirmed Germany's commitment to support Italian initiatives to combat human trafficking and Italian-Libyan cooperation".