(ANSA) - Brussels, August 28 - The COPS ambassadors' meeting
on Tuesday failed to reach an agreement on changing the
operational plan on landing ports of the EU anti-human
trafficking mission EunavForMed Sophia, diplomatic sources said
Tuesday.
"The issue will now pass on to the discussion of the EU
defence ministers" at Thursday's infromal meeting in Vienna, an
EU spokesperson said.
Rome has requested that the operational plan change by the
end of August, to stop all migrants rescued by the mission's
ships being offloaded in Italy.
No EU deal on Sophia
Envoys fail to reach accord, talks to continue in Vienna