Her Tripoli her Libya The Prime Minister of Italy visited on Saturday Georgia Meloniwhich held talks with the country’s officials on energy and immigration issues.

During the visit oil companies two countries signed an agreement on natural gas $8 billion is the largest single investment in the Libyan energy sector in more than two decades.

The Associated Press report notes that Rome is seeking to secure new supplies of natural gas to replace Russian ones.

Acting Ministers Insieme Tajani and Piantedosi met with Prime Minister of the National Bloc Government @Dabaybahamidil minister @NajlaElmangush and Presidente del Consiglio Presidenziale Mohammed Younis Ahmed al-Menfi, che ringgrazio per l’accoglienza EI fruttuosi Colloquio. pic.twitter.com/A0WwkkCgnS

— Georgia Meloni (@GiorgiaMeloni) January 28, 2023

Agreement also on the issue of refugees

“On this important day, our Foreign Ministers signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation with Libyan authorities as far as the Coast Guard is concerned,” the Italian Prime Minister said from Tripoli, where she was on an official visit. Georgia Meloni.

“The fight against illegal immigrationFor us, this remains a matter of paramount importance. Despite efforts, the number of illegal migration from Libya to Italy remains high,” the Italian Prime Minister added.

“We want to play an important role in helping African countries to strengthen their development: this is a cooperation that does not want to be beneficial only for one side, but wants to leave something significant for our partners as well,” Meloni said.

From Tripoli, the head of the Italian government stressed that her country would do everything in its power to strengthen the joint actions and intentions of the international community regarding Libya, “to avoid the risk that certain influences act to destabilize, and not to stabilize all this frame”.