Italy's PM calls for UN action to promote stability in Libya

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Tuesday called for urgent action at the United Nations (UN) level to promote stability in conflict-torn Libya.

In a meeting with the foreign, interior and defense ministers of his government, Renzi discussed the Libyan situation amid rising concern about the advancing of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in Libya.

"The Italian commitment to a strong diplomatic action at the UN level and support for an urgent initiative of the Security Council to promote stability and peace in Libya emerged from the talks," a statement from the government's office said.

Earlier this week, Renzi ruled out the prospect of his country carrying out an immediate military intervention in Libya, after closing it embassy in Tripoli.

He stressed the importance of the role that the UN, whose strength is "decidedly superior to that of the radical militias," must play in this regard.

Meanwhile, the countless arrivals of African and Middle Eastern illegal migrants in Italy from the Libyan coast have further increased amid rampant unrest in the country, according to local reports.

More than 300 migrants were rescued at sea and brought to Salerno, a city near Naples in the south of Italy, on Tuesday adding to the more than 2,000 who arrived in the island of Lampedusa, between Italy and Libya, at the weekend.

The capacity of Lampedusa's migrant center was greatly exceeded, with many migrants forced to sleep outside and hundreds transferred to other places in Italy by air, Rai State television said. Endit