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Italy’s Meloni in Libya to discuss energy, migration

Italy’s Meloni in Libya to discuss energy, migration

TRIPOLI: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived Saturday in the Libyan capital Tripoli for talks on energy as well as the thorny issue of migration, Libyan state media said.Meloni's trip -- her second to a North African country this week -- is the first by a European leader to war-battered Libya since her predecessor Mario Draghi's visit in April 2021.State television said the Italian premier was received by Abdelhamid Dbeibah, who heads the Tripoli-based, UN-brokered Government of National Unity which is contested by a rival administration in the east.Libya and its former colonial power Italy are key trade partners, particularly in energy, where Italian giant Eni plays a major role in tapping into Africa's largest known oil reserves.Meloni was accompanied by Eni chief Claudio Descalzi, who is expected to sign a deal with Libya's National Oil Company to develop two Libyan offshore gas fields.Eni will invest $8 million in the two fields, NOC chief Farhat Bengdara said in televise

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