NATO thanks Italy for contribution to Libya mission

(ANSA) - Rome, May 20 - NATO on Friday thanked Italy for its contribution to the international mission in Libya.


"We are grateful for its contribution to the NATO mission in Libya from the outset. All the more so because we are aware of the historical dimension," NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told ANSA, referring to Italy's colonial past in the North African country.