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Libya’s prime minister, Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, boarded a commercial flight from Fiumicino airport in Rome, to return to Tripoli after attending the summit called by the Italian head of state to discuss, among other things, the migrant problems and solutions
Libya’s prime minister, Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, boarded a commercial flight from Fiumicino airport in Rome, to return to Tripoli after attending the summit called by the Italian head of state to discuss, among other things, the migrant problems and solutions. This is the first direct flight between both countries in a decade. The flight landed in Mitiga, the only functioning airport in the Libyan capital.
The Libyan prime minister said that Libyans would be able to book direct flights to Italy in September after the Italian government agreed earlier this month to lift a 10-year-long ban on civil aviation in the North African nation. Commercial flights for citizens will start in September, said Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah.
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In Rome, Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s office hailed the ITA flight as another tangible sign of the direction that the Italian government wants to impress in its relations with Libya and in its relations with the States of the broader Mediterranean region. Both prime ministers are allies as they aim to curb the flow of migrants to Europe. Libya is a dominant transit point for migrants from Africa and the Middle East trying to make it to the old continent.
