"Up until today there have been too many negotiations, too many negotiators," the foreign minister said, calling the stabilization of Libya "an absolute priority".
Also on Tuesday, Spanish migrant rescue group Pro Activa Open Arms was the fourth humanitarian organization to sign the Italian government's new code of conduct for search-and-rescue NGOs in the Mediterranean. The other signatories so far are Save the Children, the Malta-based Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) and Sea Eye.
Doctors without Borders (MSF), German youth NGO Jugend Rettet, Sea Watch, and SOS Mediterranee have refused to sign. However, SOS Mediterranee has requested a meeting with the Italian authorities to "clarify its position" on the code "ahead of a possible signing," ANSA reported.
Jugend Rettet crew members are currently under investigation in Italy on suspicion of aiding illegal immigration, and their vessel Iuventa has been seized.
Italian President Sergio Mattarella also stepped in on Tuesday to stress the "value of the code of conduct for NGOs", which was cleared by the European Commission last month.
The NGOs launched their vessels in beginning in 2017, in response to mass drowning in the Mediterranean following the termination of Italy's Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) search-and-rescue mission.
Tthe UN-affiliated International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported Tuesday that 116,692 migrants and refugees have reached Europe by sea so far this year, while 2,405 people died or went missing in the attempt.
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