Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Tripoli on Saturday to conclude an $8bn (R137.63bn) gas deal aimed at boosting energy supplies to Europe despite the insecurity and political chaos in the North African country.
Meloni met Libya's Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, head of the internationally recognised government of national unity in Tripoli, before the energy deal was signed for talks that also focused on migration across the Mediterranean.
European countries have increasingly sought to replace Russian gas with energy supplies from North Africa and elsewhere over the past year because of the war in Ukraine. Bengdara said the 25-year gas agreement would lead to output of up to 800-million cubic feet a day, calling it the most important new investment in Libya's energy sector for a quarter of a century.
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