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Libya unity govt seeks EU accord on migrants
 [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Libya’s Vice President Ahmed Maetig has expressed hope that the European Union...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... will enter into an agreement with his country similar to that between the EU and ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... restricting the flow of Maetig made the appeal while in Rome meeting with Italia’s Interior Minister Angelino Alfano. "The vice president has asked that we proceed with an agreement between the European Union and Libya based on the one between the European Union and Turkey," a statement by Alfano read, without giving further details. According to the March 18 agreement, Turkey agreed to take back all In return Europe promised to resettle one Syrian refugee for every Syrian taken back by Turkey, to grant visa-free travel to Turks within the border-free Schengen zone and to reassess Turkey’s stalled EU membership bid. Maetig "thanked Italia for aiding the Libyan people, and expressed hopes that Italia would continue to play a key role in the national reconciliation process towards the construction of a united and democratic Libya," the statement said. Posted by: Fred 2016-04-24 |
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