The European High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Joseph Borrell, announced the appointment of Italian diplomat Nicola Orlando as head of the European Union mission to Libya, Italian news agency AKI reported yesterday.
This came in a series of announced appointments of EU ambassadors, who will assume their duties after the approval of the host countries concerned.
Orlando, who succeeds Spain’s José Sabadell, is currently serving as Italy’s special envoy to Libya and previously served as his country’s ambassador to Kosovo.
