It was a "very serious mistake" on
the part of the West to let former Libyan leader Muammar
Gaddafi be killed after an uprising in the Arab Spring in 2011
because his death unleashed instability in the north African
nation, Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said
Wednesday.
"It was a very serious mistake to let Gaddafi be killed, he may
not have been the champion of democracy, but once he was
finished, political instability arrived in Libya and Africa",
said Tajani, interviewed by conservative journalist Alessandro
Sallusti at the Versiliana midsummer forum in Marina di
Pietrasanta (Lucca) on the north Tuscan coast.
Gaddafi, who presided over a rapprochement with Italy, was
killed by rebels on October 20, 2011.
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