That it has destroyed infrastructures of immigrants near the triangle of Libya border with Chad and Nigeria, the Libyan land administration (LNA) claims.

Specifically, according to Libya Review, in a statement issued on Thursday, the LNA war address announced that the 676th Infantry Battalion, under the command of land forces, had successfully carried out a large -scale security operation in the Timpests Mountains, a remote area.

The army confirmed that desert patrol units occupied several strategic locations used by armed criminal groups for smuggling and other illegal activities. These groups took advantage of the difficult mountain relief as hideouts for trafficking businesses, making an immediate threat to Libyan national security.

The administration of the Libyan land forces in its announcement stressed that the operation was held after the immediate orders of Commander -in -Chief Khalifa Haphtar, General Commander of the Libyan National Army. It is part of a broader campaign aimed at ensuring all the country’s southern borders, combating smuggling, limiting cross -border crime and protecting national sovereignty in vulnerable areas.

Libya and Europe contacts for migration – possibly symbolic movement of the Libyan Army

This move may show Libya’s willingness to deal with the flows of illegal immigration, a problem that has come to the forefront lately and which has been involved in both Greece and Europe due to increasing marine flows.

In this context, Europe is preparing a new mission to Libya for “contacts with both sides”.

“The idea is to work with the bodies on both sides, as we have done in the past,” said Marcus Lamert, a spokesman for the Commission on immigration issues, on the European team’s plans and the decisions taken at the four -day meeting in Rome.

Asked about the decisions taken on immigration and a possible meeting plan in Libya by the European team, he said:

“President von Der Laen and the leaders of Greece, Italy and Malta have agreed to continue contacts with Libya and the approach of the Europe team, including the re -dispatch of the Europe team’s delegation to Libya to continue the visit.”

Asked if the meetings include Benghazi, in addition to Tripoli where contacts have already been made, he replied that the target is “contacts with both sides”.

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The Benghazi government has banned the entry into Eastern Libya to the European Union delegation, led by the Commissioner for Migration and Internal Affairs and the accompaniment of ministers from Italy, Malta and Greece. According to the announcement, their presence constituted a violation of national sovereignty.

The Benghazi government demanded that European delegations immediately abandon the territory of Libya.

The delegation had arrived in Benghazi for a meeting with the parallel government of Osama Hamad, backed by General Khalifa Haftar, who controls the eastern and much of southern Libya. Shortly before, the mission had paid an official visit to the competitive, internationally recognized Tripoli government under Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbaiba.

The delegation, accompanied by the European Union Ambassador to Libya, Nicolas Orlando, included EU Commissioner for Magnus Brunner, the Greek Minister of Immigration and Asylum Thanos Plevris, Italian Minister of Interior Mattemos and Matio Matio.

According to the Benghazi administration, the visit was canceled on the arrival of the mission to the airport, where its members were described as “Persona Non Grata” and were asked to leave the Libyan territory immediately.