(Finance) – The Prime Minister, Georgia Melonsreceived the interim Prime Minister of the Government of Libyan National Unity at Palazzo Chigi, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh. Ministers Antonio Tajani, Matteo Salvini, Matteo Piantedosi and Adolfo Urso also participated. Also present was the CEO of ENI Claudius Descalzi which has signed an agreement with its counterpart of the National Oil Corporation (NOC). In addition to energy, the intergovernmental summit focused on the theme of migrants.
On May 4, Meloni also received the Libyan general at Palazzo Chigi Khalifa Belqasim Haftar. The meeting comes after the Prime Minister’s mission to Tripoli at the end of January when she and Ministers Tajani and Piantedosi participated in a series of institutional meetings with the authorities of the North African country. On the occasion of the visit, agreements were signed between Italy and Libya on the subject of cooperation, power And migration flows.
The Libyan delegation is now in mission official two days in Italy. The interior ministers, Imad TabelsiForeign Affairs, Najla el MangoushTransport, Mohamed Shahoubiplus the Minister of State (without portfolio) for Communications and Political Affairs, Walid al-Lafi.
Also present were the heads of the two main companies in the country: la National Oil Corporation (Noc), the Libyan state oil company, and the Libyan Post Telecommunications & Information Technology Company (Lptic), Libya’s post and telecommunications company.
Abul Hamid Dbeibehborn in 1958, was designated in February 2021 by the Forum for intra-Libyan dialogue convened by the United Nations after the ceasefire of October 2020 to give the country a new unitary political structure. Once in office, he launched a major public spending campaign. Having survived three military coup attempts in 2022, he said he does not want to leave power except to an elected government and is determined to run in the presidential elections.