The Italian government believes that the share in Livii stake to a leading national oil and gas group ENI should be no more than 8%, said Foreign Minister Franco Frattini of Italy.According to the head of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, if the proportion of Tripoli rose to 10%, we began to feel some concern. ” 6 December, the office of Italian prime minister extended a message stating that “in relations between Italy and Libya, the Libyan Government Italian Government has expressed interest in acquiring part in ENI, provided that there are no objections from the Italian side.” As it became known, the group shares can be bought through the Lybian Energy Fund, RIA “Novosti”. It seems that Libya expects to acquire a 5% to 10% of the capital group and become the second state, after the Italian shareholder ENI. In last Monday on the Milan stock exchange was registered a record growth stocks ENI, which experts linked primarily to the interest of Libya to buy a large block of shares in the group. By the end of the day ENI shares increased by 14.23%, came up to 17,58 euros for the paper. Shortly after the signing in August 2008 Treaty of friendship between Italy and Libya, Tripoli has strengthened its financial presence in the Apennines. In particular, Libya has gained 5% stake in the largest Italian banking group UniCredit and increased its participation in ENI from 0.2% to 0.5%.
