Tripoli – Mission almost accomplished with the Sophia operation for a tighter control of the Libyan coast. In a few days will be completed the training of personnel of the Libyan navy and coast guard to be entrusted with the patrolling of territorial waters, where the patrol boats of the European forces can not enter. Leading the operation on board the Italian San Giorgio ship is Admiral Enrico Credendino, commander of the EU NAVFOR MED mission, which announced to Radio24: “We have 89 Libyan students who are training, they will graduate on February 13 and this will be the first concrete result, we will be the first international force that will have such an important group of trained officers and NCOs who in turn will become trainers and a few others will go on the patrol boats that Libya will receive shortly”. Patrol boats coming from Italy according to a previous agreement. At that point the Libyan will have direct control on patrolling the last stretch of sea off the coast where smugglers set sails. (9colonne)
