Photo credit: Turkey Today
Italy hosted a new round of quadrilateral talks with Libya, Turkey and Qatar on migration and security coordination in the central Mediterranean, underscoring the emergence of a new diplomatic format focused on managing migration flows through Libya.
Decode 39 reports that the meeting was held on Tuesday in Rome. It brought together senior security and diplomatic officials from the four countries to review ongoing technical coordination on irregular migration, human trafficking networks and maritime security cooperation.
The Libya-Italy-Turkey-Qatar format is increasingly becoming a key coordination channel on migration in the central Mediterranean.
Migration from Libya remains one of the most sensitive political and security issues for Italy and the EU.
Rome has continued to deepen coordination with the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity led by Abdulhamid Dabaiba, while also engaging regional actors with influence in Libya.
According to the Libyan government, the Rome meeting reviewed the work of technical committees established under the quadrilateral mechanism and discussed ways to strengthen joint coordination against human trafficking and smuggling networks operating across routes linking the Sahel, <Lib ya and the Mediterranean.
