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APCAIRO (AP) — One of Libya’s rival primer ministers on Monday returned to the capital of Tripoli from Italy on a charter flight by a commercial airliner, the first direct flight between the two countries in a decade. Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, who heads the Tripoli-based government, boarded the flight from Fiumicino airport in Rome. “From Rome to Tripoli through the Italian airways, ITA,” Dbeibah wrote on Twitter attaching a photo of the flight ticket. He said Sunday that flights between Libya and Italy would help pave the way for the opening of airspace with other countries. Advertisement Article continues below this adDbeibah is a close ally of the Italian government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

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Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and Tunisian President Kais Saied have agreed to organize a meeting between the interior ministers of both countries to discuss border security, as per a statement by Dbeibeh’s media office. The two North African leaders also discussed “setting up mechanisms” to facilitate the movement of citizens from both countries through borders.

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh is on board an Italian plane as it conducts the first commercial flight in ten years between Italy and Libya today, Italian news agency Nova reports. Dbeibeh will be on board the charter operated by ITA Airways, which will land at Tripoli’s Mitigate Airport at approximately 14:45 PM (Libya time), Nova said. Two weeks ago, Italy agreed to lift a decade-long ban on Libyan civil aviation using Italian airspace. The resumption of commercial flights between the two countries should be operational on a regular basis perhaps as early as September as per the agreement. “We will work to open an air line between Rome and Benghazi,” he added.

The first flight in ten years between Italy and Libya will take place today after Italy agreed to lift lifted a decade-long ban on Libyan civil aviation using Italian airspace, Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh revealed yesterday. Speaking to reporters upon arrival to attend the International Conference on Development and Migration yesterday in Rome, Dbeibeh hailed the move as “a step that paves the way for opening airspace with other countries,” according to a statement by the premier’s media office. “We will work to open an air line between Rome and Benghazi,” he added.

Mohamed Ali Ahmed Elmushraty, widely known on social media as Lilu King, will not be extradited to Libya despite rumours swirling within the North African community that he will be following a new government deal. The rumours come following a meeting held in Rome, Italy, of global leaders including Malta’s Prime Minister Robert Abela. The meeting was focused on economic cooperation between European and African nations to address the ongoing migration challenge. However, following the meeting, Libyan journalists began reporting the Lilu King had made his way into negotiations. Interpol had revealed that Libya has requested Elmushraty’s extradition, citing serious charges such as murder and drug trafficking.

Debbie Hirst, President of AmCham Libya, said, “We are really happy that ECP is coming back to Libya this year. The second edition in 2023 shows that Libya continues on its positive trajectory and AmCham is excited to be part of it.”“ECP is proud to once again partner with AmCham Libya for this important summit. AmCham Libya plays a crucial role in facilitating business between U.S. and Libyan companies, and through the summit, we believe that this will extend into various segments of the Libyan energy sector. U.S. companies have historically played an important role in expanding the Libyan energy sector. Today, major players including oilfield services providers Halliburton and Schlumberger, and industrial conglomerate General Electric (GE), are members of AmCham Libya and provide technology and best practices that advance the energy sector in Libya.

JAKARTA: At least 15 people were killed and 19 more were missing on Monday after a ferry sank off the coast of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, search and rescue officials said. “Provisionally, there are 19 people who are still being searched for,” Muhamad Arafah, head of the local search and rescue agency in Kendari city in Southeast Sulawesi, said in the statement. One search team will dive around the accident site, while another will search the water’s surface using boats, he said. The ferry was crossing from Lanto village on Buton island to Lagili village on Muna island in Southeast Sulawesi, the agency said. In 2018, more than 150 people drowned when a ferry sank in one of the world’s deepest lakes on Sumatra island.

According to the vessel events of the Tareq Bin Zeyad, it entered Maltese waters at 5:47am but immediately left the area. Apart from two AIS signals at 2:03am and 3:47am, the Tareq Bin Zeyad was not signalling any positions. Between 2017 and 2022, the Tareq Bin Zeyad brigade arbitrarily detained 25 people because of their political views or affiliations. However, photos captured by the NGO from its aircraft show the 250 people being boarded onto the Tareq Bin Zeyad. Recently a joint journalistic investigation from Lighthouse Re-ports, Der Spiegel, and El Pais confirmed that it is the Tariq Bin Zeyad brigade carrying out the pullbacks to Benghazi.

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Rome: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called on Sunday for new, more equal relationships between Europe and migrants’ countries of origin and transit as she convened a summit of some 20 nations, EU officials and international organisations aimed at stanching flows of illegal migration. The one-day conference is a Meloni initiative that aims to make Italy a leader in resolving issues affecting Mediterranean nations. Chief among them is migration, as Italy sustains hundreds of new arrivals daily on Europe’s southern border, but also energy as Europe looks to Africa and the Middle East to permanently replace Russian supplies. Meloni told the opening meeting that Western arrogance had likely stood in the way of solutions to the migrant issue. She proposed four main prongs for future co-operation: fighting criminal organisations trafficking migrants, better managing flows of migrants, supporting refugees and helping countries of origin.

Prime Minister Robert Abela met with his Libyan and Ethiopian counterparts on Sunday, with recent initiatives involving Malta and the two North African countries on the agenda. The bilateral meetings were held on the fringes of an international migration conference in Rome, organised on the initiative of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. In his meeting with Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, the two leaders discussed plans to develop an undersea interconnector linking Malta and Libya, the Office of the Prime Minister said. Photo: DOIThose deals came months after Abela welcomed Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Malta for a brief visit in February. The two leaders again met on the fringes of the Rome conference and discussed those MOUs and the aviation deal signed.

Prime Minister Robert Abela called for sustainable economic development in Africa as a means to combat irregular migration when speaking at a Rome summit. He said the European Union must look at Africa as an equal partner with economic cooperation based on “respect”. The Maltese prime minister was addressing an international summit on Cooperation and Migration held in Rome on Sunday. Abela said the summit’s agenda emphasising economic development and cooperation was in line with Malta’s policy on migration. Opening the conference, Meloni said talks would focus on illegal and legal immigration, refugee support and "the most important... wide cooperation to support development in Africa".

After a ten-year hiatus, the first flight between Rome and Tripoli will start tomorrow. The news was announced by Prime Minister of the Tripoli based Libyan government, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba today. Aldabaiba was speaking before the start of the Conference on Migration and Development in Rome. He said the first flight will be from Rome to Tripoli. Aldabaiba added that ‘‘This is a step that paves the way for opening airspace with other countries, and we will work in the future to open an air route between Rome and Benghazi.’’Libya must fulfil certain preconditions before flights to Italy resume by September – but flights could resume earlier (libyaherald.com)