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The entrepreneur: “In Tripoli we are now calmer. You can go back to work “

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TRIPOLI – “The political situation in the country reassures us a lot,” says Elio Franci. At Tripoli’s Mitiga airport there are still the bombed nacelles next to the airstrip and he chairs the consortium of Italian companies (Aeneas) that will rebuild it. Together with ENAV’s CEO Paolo Simioni, the Libyan Transport Minister Al-Shahoubi and the President of Civil Aviation Benammar, yesterday he was in Tripoli to give Libya its wings: “In nine months we plan to deliver”.

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What Libya will Draghi find today?
“Tripoli is very quiet, the government has clearly acquired democratic maturity. I haven’t been here for a year and a half, it’s much more lively, clean and tidy ».

You had won the contract in 2017: did the bombs stop you?
“In fact, we never stopped: we continued to prepare orders and supplies, and the design part was completed and paid for regularly”.

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How did you beat the competition?
«The strongest were the Turks. We showed the minister our achievements in Catania and Cagliari, and the times in which they were delivered ».

Are you in the race for Misurata? Italy is less influential there.
“They mentioned something to us, but we’re not involved. We would like to finish in Tripoli and then we’ll see. One step at a time ».

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How much is the contract worth?
“There were 79 million, 20 already paid. With extra jobs, a hundred ”.

Who is part of the consortium?
«Five medium-sized Italian companies with experience in the sector, three thousand employees and an aggregate turnover of 100 million. It is the photo of Italy that is thinking of growing. But we did not go alone: ​​we are in an Italian system with Enac and Evav, and we have reaped the benefits. We must join together to take large contracts, not for subcontracts where money is lost only ».

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Among the benefits will we have a privileged Italy-Libya air route?
«It is a crucial point: opening flights to Tripoli with priority for Italian companies and airports. Fiumicino, Milan and also Catania are interested, where there was a flight before 2012 ».

What space do you see for Italian companies in today’s Libya?
«It is a country that needs to be rebuilt, they are very interested in the know-how and in the relationship with Italy. We must be good at ensuring that the competitive advantage is not lost ».

The image of Libya arriving in Italy is that of traffickers and militias. Have you seen another one?
«Libya that wants to get out of it. It needs roads, ports, airports, schools, hospitals. There is work for many Italian companies, with our know-how we have to help them or others do it: France has just reopened the embassy but ours remained even during the war ».

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In the face of Haftar’s advance, Italy looked elsewhere.
“We could have done more, but they want to work with Italy and we must avoid creating problems for ourselves. Institutions have changed and they help us. Among competing companies, on the other hand, we sometimes discredit ourselves, letting others in. We must always be able to create a country system ».

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