Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hosted Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Libya’s Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah in Istanbul on Friday for a summit centred on addressing migration, enhancing cooperation and supporting Libya’s political stability, Euronews reports.
A statement issued by Meloni's office following the closed-door session said the three leaders discussed strengthening cooperation in the Mediterranean region, starting with the management of migration flows.
Meloni praised the "excellent results achieved" through collaboration with Turkey on migration control, saying that the lessons learned from working with Ankara should be used to support the Libyan Government of National Unity's efforts on migration, according to a statement by her office.
Erdoğan said that "long-term and sustainable" solutions were needed to eliminate the root cause of migration, according to a statement from his office.
