EU naval force can train Libyan coastguard in 14 weeks
ROME- The European Union's Mediterranean naval force is offering to train Libyans to run a small coastguard fleet to be able to fight people smuggling in under three months, the admiral in charge of the mission said on Wednesday.
"In 14 weeks we can train the first 100 men in international waters by turning one of our ships into a school," Admiral Enrico Credendino said in an interview with Italy's la Repubblica newspaper.
"There are eight patrol boats ready for delivery that had been equipped by Italy for the Libyan government before civil war broke out," he said.
