By Sami Zaptia.
Tripoli, 3 November 2013:
Speaking at Wednesday’s press conference, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan announced that Italy will start the aerial and . . .[restrict]electronic surveillance of Libyan borders.
Zeidan said that the surveillance would cover the area from Owaynat, near the Egyptian-Sudanese border, all the way up to the junction of the Libyan-Tunisian-Algerian border.
The Prime Minister added that this border surveillance would have an important role in reducing border incursions by illegal immigrants.
Italy is determined to contribute to the re-activation of the Libyan state and help it out of this crises by helping in some development and security projects, until Libya reaches where it wants to be, Zeidan explained
The Prime Minister then added that this is because Libya’s security is the security of the Mediterranean and the well being of Libya is the well being of the Mediterranean.
The Prime Minister gave no further details during his press conference on this border surveillance project. He gave no indication, for example, on the starting date of the project, its duration nor who exactly would be bearing the cost.
The Italian embassy in Tripoli when contacted by Libya Herald also said that at this time they had no further details to add to Prime Minister Zeidan’s statement. [/restrict]
