Libya Herald | 28.09.2017
Italian foreign minister Angelino Alfano was again in Tripoli today, this time to reassure Faiz Serraj and the Presidency Council (PC) of the Italian government’s continued support. It follows the visit to Rome this week of Khalifa Hafter at the invitation of the Italian government. It raised fears in Tripoli that Italy was changing policy over Libya, and had resulted in Serraj demanding an explanation from the Italian ambassador.
According to the Italian foregn ministry, Alfano went to Tripoli to stress Italian support for the action plan to promote political dialogue in the country unveiled last week in New York by UN special envoy Ghassan Salamé.
Alfano is also said to have confirmed to Serraj that there was no place for a military solution to the Libyan crisis. The welcome given Hafter, he explained, was simply part of Italy’s desire to speak to all sides and to see Libya united.