The EU has convened an extraordinary meeting of the European Policy and Security Committee (Cops) on Libya for Friday. It is learned from European diplomatic sources. This will begin work on the mandate of the board for the remodulation of the Sophia operation, which will have to be deeply revised to direct it on monitoring the arms embargo, not only by sea but also by air and hopefully by land.
"Italy is the country that has most suffered the migration crisis in Europe in the last 10 years, in particular since someone bombed Libya in 2011. And it is for the same reason that we continue to say that there is no military solution to the crisis Libyan - Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio writes on Facebook, after having met Vice President Schinas among others - we have paid blame that we did not have and today we have sent a clear message to the EU: without Italy, the EU will not he can do it, and that's why we expect our requests to be accepted. "
On blocking the export of Libyan crude oil "we must avoid initiatives of this kind, therefore we must stop not only military actions but also actions such as these that could jeopardize the recovery of energy resources - said Prime Minister Conte in Florence speaking to journalists of General Haftar's decision to close oil wells in Libya by blocking exports - these are actions that can alter the climate no less than military options, and I am confident that full convergence among all countries can also be found on this. "
Oil operations in Libya "must resume immediately," says the US embassy.
"It is not possible for Libya to take power with weapons," said President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella when he met the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in Doha. The head of state stressed that Italy supports Qatar's "wise position". The emirate strongly supports the Tripoli government led by al Sarraj.