The agreement focuses on the need to stop gangs of traffickers carrying cargoes of mostly African immigrants to Europe, using Libya as a jumping off point. The joint statement made before Pisanu's departure only stated that it was aimed at the 'undercurrents of illegal immigration' and made no mention of the Rome's controversial suggestion that Italian troops could be deployed to patrol Libya's borders. The accord will be warmly welcomed in the Italy, which has strived to reduce the numbers of illegal immigrants arriving in the country. Until recently, Rome had blamed Tripoli for failing to reduce the number of immigrants leaving it shores.