Italy's Conte says he is organizing a conference on stabilizing Libya

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Italy's Conte says he is organizing a conference on stabilizing Libya
Reuters Staff

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Monday he was organizing a conference to look for ways to stabilize Libya, a main departure point for migrants from North Africa trying to reach Europe.

“In agreement with President (Donald) Trump, I’m going to organize a conference on Libya,” Conte told reporters at the White House after meeting with the U.S. president.

“We would like to deal (with) and discuss all of the issues related to the Libyan people, involving all of the stakeholders, actors, protagonists in the whole of the Mediterranean,” said Conte, who took office last month promising a crackdown on immigration.

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I think he's trying to reconstitute what Berlusconi had worked up with Kadaffi before being roped into helping to overthrow Kadaffi.