"Extremists in the Sahel region have taken advantage of the conflict in Libya to get arms," Frattini told a media conference during a visit to Algeria.
Algerian officials have previously warned that al Qaeda's north African branch is smuggling weapons out of Libya to its base in the Sahara.
Frattini's comments were the first time a senior Western official has acknowledged explicitly and publicly that this has taken place.
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