European firms like Italy's Eni SpA and France's Total SA already had substantial operations in Libya, and the case added to mistrust between Beijing and Tripoli.

在此事加剧北京与的黎波里之间的不信任时，意大利埃尼公司(Eni SpA)、法国道达尔公司(Total SA)等欧洲公司在利比亚已经开展了很多业务。

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The chief of ENI Spa, the world's sixth-largest publicly traded oil company, is heir to a long tradition of high-stakes dealmaking with rogues from Iran to Angola.

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And in late January Paolo Scaroni, CEO of Italian energy corporation Eni SpA, told the Associated Press that his firm will continue to fulfill its contractual obligations in Iran and feels no external pressure to sever ties with Iran's energy sector.

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