Italy, one of the countries that maintains business interests with Libya's Muammar Gaddafi (the first trading partner of the regime and had about 180 companies operating in the North African country), continues with anxiety the news coming from former colony. Silvio Berlusconi said today that "Gaddafi is losing support and seems no longer has control of the situation." That impression was confirmed and enhanced by Foad Aodi, president of the Arab Community in Italy (CO-MAI), which has stated that the Libyan colonel "only Bab el control and Zizi, the neighborhood where their strength and where it has refugee.
" According Aodi, near the neighborhood heard this morning, "some shots." "Urgent intervention" Berlusconi, who yesterday spoke to U.S. President, Barack Obama, to coordinate the movements of the international community to the crisis, has gone in a week of the strategy of "do not disturb" the Colonel has to say today it is urgent to intervene to help the people: "If we all agree we can end the bloodshed and help the Libyan people.
Europe and Italy can not remain spectators. What is happening in Libya is very serious. We must intervene. But we must do it responsibly because these countries also depend on our security and our energy reserves, "he said. The prime minister has also accused the opposition of attacking without reason his government for its policy of friendship with Gaddafi.
"These policies have been so for many decades," he assured. In fact, opposition was limited to criticizing the "show" that Berlusconi and Gaddafi have given during their frequent meetings in recent years, since the two governments signed in August 2008, the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation Association put end the long dispute postcolonial (Libya was occupied by Italy from 1911 to 1943).
Treaty suspended "in fact" The opposition has asked Berlusconi to suspend immediately the Treaty, Article 4 commits to Rome not to interfere in the internal affairs of Libya. The Defence Minister Igbnazio La Russa, said today that "In fact, the Treaty between Italy and Libya no longer exists, is ineffective, is now suspended." La Russa has revealed that members of the police patrols of Finance, working in teams to Libya to return land to the migrants trying to reach Italy, "are now in the embassy." On possible sanctions against the Qaddafi regime, La Russa has warned that "Europe can punish and condemn but then must take care of the humanitarian emergency." The minister added that yesterday he spoke with British Defense Minister, Fox, and is considering a NATO meeting in Naples to tackle the crisis.
"If Europe decides to punish, of course Italy will stick," concluded La Russa. The scheme escorting reporters Italian and Turkish government's special relationship with Rome and Italian Ankara has come to Tripoli three Italian journalists and a Turkish television crew, who are among the few foreign reporters present in the capital.
The envoy from La Repubblica, Vincenzo Nigro, and the correspondent of La Stampa and Il Corriere della Sera, moving through the city escorted by military regime. Today, Nigro was told by phone to the web diary on Tripoli that the situation is "tense calm and almost normal life. Many stores are open, in the mosques, the situation is quiet, and the many followers Green Square Gaddafi who are coming from the south of the country to help resist the colonel, "he told Nigro.
"The faithful men of similar tribes are coming from the most remote oasis." Last night, Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam gave a lengthy press conference with the media present in Tripoli and revealed that "Gaddafi met three weeks ago with the leaders of the revolt of Benghazi and promised political reforms." "Falsehoods" According to Islam, the government has limited the entry of foreign journalists "to prevent the effect of Tahrir Square" of Cairo, and Arab TV have been exaggerated and spread "lies" about the repression of the riots.
The envoy said La Repubblica: "It is true that there have been bombings in Tripoli neighborhoods," and added that "the alleged mass graves open to the sea that were in a video a few days were just a normal cemetery" . Meanwhile, Spanish diplomatic sources have highlighted in Libya said today that the situation in Tripoli is still of great insecurity.
"The airport continues to collapse with thousands of people, and recommended not to try to reach Tripoli," they said. For its part, the Bank of Italy Governor Mario Draghi, said today that "20% increase in oil prices to a decline in the growth of Italian PB half a percentage point in the span of three years." Draghi has emphasized that the riots of the Maghreb "can weaken the oil industry's investments in the area, more expensive energy and impact on global growth."
" According Aodi, near the neighborhood heard this morning, "some shots." "Urgent intervention" Berlusconi, who yesterday spoke to U.S. President, Barack Obama, to coordinate the movements of the international community to the crisis, has gone in a week of the strategy of "do not disturb" the Colonel has to say today it is urgent to intervene to help the people: "If we all agree we can end the bloodshed and help the Libyan people.
Europe and Italy can not remain spectators. What is happening in Libya is very serious. We must intervene. But we must do it responsibly because these countries also depend on our security and our energy reserves, "he said. The prime minister has also accused the opposition of attacking without reason his government for its policy of friendship with Gaddafi.
"These policies have been so for many decades," he assured. In fact, opposition was limited to criticizing the "show" that Berlusconi and Gaddafi have given during their frequent meetings in recent years, since the two governments signed in August 2008, the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation Association put end the long dispute postcolonial (Libya was occupied by Italy from 1911 to 1943).
Treaty suspended "in fact" The opposition has asked Berlusconi to suspend immediately the Treaty, Article 4 commits to Rome not to interfere in the internal affairs of Libya. The Defence Minister Igbnazio La Russa, said today that "In fact, the Treaty between Italy and Libya no longer exists, is ineffective, is now suspended." La Russa has revealed that members of the police patrols of Finance, working in teams to Libya to return land to the migrants trying to reach Italy, "are now in the embassy." On possible sanctions against the Qaddafi regime, La Russa has warned that "Europe can punish and condemn but then must take care of the humanitarian emergency." The minister added that yesterday he spoke with British Defense Minister, Fox, and is considering a NATO meeting in Naples to tackle the crisis.
"If Europe decides to punish, of course Italy will stick," concluded La Russa. The scheme escorting reporters Italian and Turkish government's special relationship with Rome and Italian Ankara has come to Tripoli three Italian journalists and a Turkish television crew, who are among the few foreign reporters present in the capital.
The envoy from La Repubblica, Vincenzo Nigro, and the correspondent of La Stampa and Il Corriere della Sera, moving through the city escorted by military regime. Today, Nigro was told by phone to the web diary on Tripoli that the situation is "tense calm and almost normal life. Many stores are open, in the mosques, the situation is quiet, and the many followers Green Square Gaddafi who are coming from the south of the country to help resist the colonel, "he told Nigro.
"The faithful men of similar tribes are coming from the most remote oasis." Last night, Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam gave a lengthy press conference with the media present in Tripoli and revealed that "Gaddafi met three weeks ago with the leaders of the revolt of Benghazi and promised political reforms." "Falsehoods" According to Islam, the government has limited the entry of foreign journalists "to prevent the effect of Tahrir Square" of Cairo, and Arab TV have been exaggerated and spread "lies" about the repression of the riots.
The envoy said La Repubblica: "It is true that there have been bombings in Tripoli neighborhoods," and added that "the alleged mass graves open to the sea that were in a video a few days were just a normal cemetery" . Meanwhile, Spanish diplomatic sources have highlighted in Libya said today that the situation in Tripoli is still of great insecurity.
"The airport continues to collapse with thousands of people, and recommended not to try to reach Tripoli," they said. For its part, the Bank of Italy Governor Mario Draghi, said today that "20% increase in oil prices to a decline in the growth of Italian PB half a percentage point in the span of three years." Draghi has emphasized that the riots of the Maghreb "can weaken the oil industry's investments in the area, more expensive energy and impact on global growth."
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