The Italian ambassador to Libya has called on the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) to provide security measures for an Italian company awarded a road construction tender to link the far east of the country to the western region. The request came during a meeting between the Italian envoy Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi and the Libyan Transport Minister Milad Ma’atoug, on Sunday, Libya Observer reports. The road project dubbed “The Alternative Road” will link Imsaad in the east and Ras Ajdair in the far west, the media notes. Grimaldi requested proper security measures for the work. The eastern region of the oil-rich country has been under the realm of a rival government supported by the so-called Libya National Army (LNA) of warlord Khalifa Haftar.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 18, 2019 15:56 UTC