Italian PM meets Libyan FM in Tripoli

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in Libya on Saturday for talks with officials from the country’s west-based government that will focus on energy and migration, top issues for Italy and the European Union.

Libya is the third North African country that Meloni has visited over the last two weeks as she seeks to secure new supplies of natural gas. Meloni landed in Libya's capital, Tripoli, amid tight security and was accompanied by Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, her office said.

She was greeted at the airport by Najla Mangoush, the foreign minister of the Tripoli-based government. Meloni is set to hold talks with Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, who heads one of Libya’s rival administrations and Mohamed Younis Menfi, who heads Libya's ceremonial presidential council.