Source: Government of Italy (English)
The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, travelled to Istanbul today, where she had a trilateral meeting with the President of the Republic of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and the Prime Minister of the Libyan Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dabaiba.
During the meeting, the three leaders discussed strengthening cooperation to address common challenges, starting with the management of migration flows.
Highlighting the excellent results achieved in this regard with Türkiye, President Meloni underscored the opportunity to build on the lessons learned, also by applying them to support the Libyan Government of National Unity’s work on migration.
In this context, President Meloni discussed with her interlocutors a series of measures to fight international criminal networks of human traffickers, improve work to prevent irregular movements, and support Libya in managing the migration pressure it is facing.
President Meloni also reaffirmed Italy’s commitment to the stability, unity and independence of Libya and its support for a political process, led by Libya and facilitated by the United Nations, that can result in elections.
The three leaders agreed to immediately continue working at a technical level to identify concrete actions to be carried out jointly, within a clearly defined time frame.