Italy foreign minister visits Libya

The foreign minister of Italy, which has been helping Libya to combat illegal immigration to Europe, made a brief visit to Tripoli on Saturday. Angelino Alfano met officials of Libya's UN-backed unity government and paid a call on in Tripoli court to an Italian naval whose crew has been assisting the Libyan coastguard.
Italy's Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said earlier this month his country could "hold its head high" over its treatment of migrants, after rights group Amnesty International accused Rome and other EU governments of being "knowingly complicit" in abuses of migrants in Libya.