Italy lifts its 10-year ban on Libyan civil aviation over Italian airspace

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the head of Libya's Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah attend a joint news conference in Tripoli, Libya January 28, 2023. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed/FILE PHOTO

CAIRO (Reuters) - Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni informed her Libyan counterpart Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah on Sunday that Italy has lifted its 10-year ban on Libyan civil aviation over Italian airspace, according to a statement.

Flights are scheduled to resume in September, the statement added.