Italian foreign minister announces Vienna meeting to support Libyan unity government

Regional foreign ministers will meet in the Austrian capital of Vienna next week to discuss supporting security and stability in Libya, Italy’s foreign minister said.

“There will be a meeting in Vienna on May 16 to support the government of al-Sarraj and to push for stability in Libya,” Paolo Gentiloni said during a joint press conference on Monday with his Tunisian counterpart.

Gentiloni stressed that the situation in Libya is heading towards stability and that Italy and Tunisia are completely supportive of Fayez al-Sarraj’s unity government and will seek various ways to support it.

He stressed the importance of security cooperation to secure the Tunisian-Libyan border and combat terrorism.

The Tunisian Foreign Minister Khamis Alaghinawa also stressed his country’s support for the political process in Libya, noting that the Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid’s visit to Tripoli last Friday came within this framework.