The former colonial power’s offering to play its part in de-arming and rebuilding the country.

Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni tells parliament in Rome there’s a serious danger of IS fighters forging an alliance with local militias or criminal gangs currently battling for control of Libya.

The country has no functioning government and is headed for bankruptcy because of a collapse in its oil production as a result of the fighting.

Italy directly experiences the effects of the chaos through growing numbers of African migrants trying to reach its shores from Libya.

Gentiloni says Libya’s failed institutions have potentially grave consequences for the neighbourhood.

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