<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-August 30, 2008, umholi waseLibya uMuammar al-Gaddafi noBerlusconi basayina isivumelwano sokusebenzisana esingumlando eBenghazi. Ngaphansi kwemibandela yayo, i-Italy izokhokha u-5 billion eLibya njengesinxephezelo ngenxa yokuvinjezelwa kwayo empini. Ngokuphambene, iLibya izothatha izinyathelo zokulwa nokuthuthela kwamanye amazwe ngokungemthetho okuvela ogwini lwayo nokukhulisa izimali ezinkampanini zase-Italy. Lesi sivumelwano saqinisekiswa yi-Italy ngo-6 Februwari 2009, neLibya ngo-2 Mashi, ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kukaBerlusconi eTripoli. NgoJuni uGaddafi wavakashela okokuqala eRoma, lapho ahlangana khona noNdunankulu uBerlusconi, uMongameli wase-Italy iGiorgio Napolitano kanye noSomlomo weSenate uRenato Schifani. UGaddafi wahlanganyela futhi engqungqutheleni ye-G8  <response>: ngoJulayi njengosihlalo we-African Union. Phakathi nengqungquthela, kwabanjwa ukuxhawulana okufudumele phakathi kukaMengameli wase-US uBarack Obama noMuammar Gaddafi okwakuqala ukuthi umholi waseLibya abingelelwe ngumongameli wase-US osebenzayo, bese kuthi esidlweni sakusihlwa esisemthethweni somhlangano owanikezwa nguMengameli uGiorgio Napolitano abaholi base-US nabaseLibya baphazamisa umcimbi futhi bahlala noNdunankulu wase-Italy kanye nomphathi we-G8, uSilvio Berlusconi. Ngokwemithetho yomkhosi uGaddafi kufanele ahlale ezindaweni ezintathu ngemva kukaBerlusconi 