Foreign Minister Luigi Di
Maio said the solution to the Libya crisis "cannot be military"
as he visited the North Africa country for talks with both sides
in the conflict on Tuesday.
Di Maio met Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Prime
Minister Fayez al-Serraj, who is recognised as the nation's
leader by the United Nations, in Tripoli.
He then went to Benghazi to meet Field Marshall Khalifa
Haftar, who commands forces based in eastern Libya and has
launched an offensive to take Tripoli from the GNA.
Di Maio's mission is part of the efforts to broker an end to
hostilities after Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, German
Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel
Macron met on Friday and released a joint statement calling for
a ceasefire in Libya.
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