Italian Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte confirmed Saturday, that the talks he held with Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian Vladimir Putin focused on urging everyone to find a political solution to the Libyan crisis.

Sputnik quoted Conte as saying at a press conference in Rome "Talks with Erdogan and Putin focused on continuing efforts to find a political solution, persuade parties in dispute to resort to dialogue and not to keep quiet about any military escalation", stressing that "a political solution begins first with a ceasefire."

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