Italy's foreign minister Di Maio says EU agreed mission to block arms supply in Libya

• He said was not a revival of Operation Sophia, and would be deployed on the East coast of Libya where arms trafficking is taking place.
• EU member states agreed to supply seven plans and seven boats for the mission, should they have them available.

"The European Union commits to an aerial and naval mission, with a terrestrial component, to block the weapons and the entry of weapons in Libya," Di Maio said in Brussels.

The mission, he said, was not a revival of Operation Sophia, and would be deployed on the East coast of Libya where arms trafficking is taking place.

EU member states agreed to supply seven plans and seven boats for the mission, should they have them available.