Italian envoy meets with Libyan officials

ROME: Cooperation in the fight against illegal migration, training security staff and monitoring of land, port and airport borders was discussed by the Italian Ambassador to Libya Giuseppe Buccino and Interior Minister Khaled Mazen of the new Unity Government of Libya.

People traffickers have thrived amid lawlessness since the 2011 overthrow of Muammar Gadafi’s regime, making the North African country a main conduit for migrants seeking to cross the Mediterranean to reach Italy and other European countries.