“[Italian Foreign Ministry’s] Crisis Unit took immediate steps to follow the case and is in constant contact with the families of [our] compatriots and with the company Bonatti”.
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Algiers- Four Italian nationals were kidnapped in Libya, announced Monday the Italian Foreign Ministry in a statement.
“We are busy trying to find the people that were kidnapped and trying to solve this problem”, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said.
Italy had shut down its embassy in Libya on February 15 and urged Italians to leave the country because of risks to foreigners there, the ministry statement said.
The country is beset with warring factions four years after the civil war that ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi. The group controlling the Libyan capital of Tripoli and adjacent western areas is not recognized internationally.
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Two rival governments are vying for legitimacy and territory in Libya and so-called Islamic State (IS) is among the armed groups operating in the country.
