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Libyan rebel envoy heads to Italy for talks with Berlusconi

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The head of Libya's rebel Cabinet arrives in Italy for a meeting with Premier Silvio Berlusconi on a European diplomatic tour aimed at security the release of billions of dollars in frozen Libyan assets.

 

Mahmoud Jibril meets with Berlusconi Thursday in Milan, a day after laying out plans for governing Libya after the fall of Moammar Gadhafi's 42-year autocratic regime.

 

Italy is Libya's largest economic partner, with trade worth (EURO)11 billion ($16 billion) in 2010, before civil war halted trade in February (AP).

 

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