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02 October 2020

"In Libya, close cooperation between Italy and Turkey is essential, a window for progress towards stabilization is looming".

Thus the Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, during the press conference at the Farnesina with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. "On the military level, we support direct negotiations for a lasting and sustainable ceasefire, creating a demilitarized zone. resumption of Libya's oil exports to reduce tensions. Libya deserves a stable future, it does not deserve another war but a democratic path. The times of arms are immediate, but illusory and counterproductive ", he added.

Italy promotes a wider dialogue between Ankara and the EU


Italy "promotes a wider dialogue between Turkey and the EU" added Minister Di Maio.

Recalling that yesterday the European Council "agreed to launch a positive political agenda with Turkey", Di Maio stressed that Italy considers Turkey "a key interlocutor of the EU on the front of security and migration" .

Nagorno-Karabakh: worried, we need a negotiated solution


"With Cavosuglu we also talked about the resumption of hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan, I expressed concern about the clashes, with the risk of a military escalation, the status quo is not sustainable but only a situation negotiated may be the solution "added the minister.

"We talked about Armenia, Azerbaijan has been very patient so far, but no solution has been found. We see that the institutions are not objective, considering Armenia and Azerbaijan in the same way is wrong. We need to solve this problem," he added. the Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.