Conte said any potential military intervention could push many Libyans to flee across the Mediterranean towards southern Europe.
Libyan Strongman Khalifa Haftar's forces who are advancing in a push to seize the capital, Tripoli, have been kept at bay by troops loyal to Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj.Italy's prime minister has said any foreign military intervention in Libya would not resolve the latest conflict in its former colony, warning that it might trigger a refugee exodus across the Mediterranean.
Eastern-based Libyan forces led by Khalifa Haftar are advancing in a push to seize the capital, Tripoli, but troops loyal to Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj's internationally recognised government have so far kept them at bay. "A military option cannot be a solution," Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told daily Il Fatto Quotidiano newspaper in an interview published on Saturday.
He said talks involving all sides should be held in a bid to halt the fighting, which has driven at least 4,500 Tripoli residents from their homes.
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