The four French nationals held by the rebels since May 11 in Benghazi in eastern Libya, after an arrest that resulted in the death of the French boss of a private security company, will be "very soon" expelled from the country, according to the rebellion. "The investigation is ongoing and they have not yet been deported.
But they will be very soon," said Friday, May 20 Jalal Al-Gallali, a spokesman for the National Transitional Council (CNT) governing body of the rebellion Jamahiriya. The French must be given to the French consular authorities in Egypt, according to CNT. In Paris, the Quai d'Orsay has confirmed that the French would be "soon returned to the border" with Egypt.
The French representative in Benghazi, Antoine Sivan, was to meet this Friday, the four detainees, who will be assisted in their efforts by a French consular official. The rebels accused the five men, members and patron of the society Secopex, whose headquarters are located in Carcassonne, have threatened the security of Libya.
According to several European and Libyan sources, they were suspected of "espionage on behalf of [Muammar] Gaddafi." The diplomatic representative of France in Benghazi, Antoine Sivan, met for the first time last Saturday the four French. Sunday, the French Minister for Cooperation, Henry Raincourt, had said that France is still "a bit in the fog" about the situation of the four French.
"We fervently hope that the investigation be conducted quickly, we can see more clearly," he said. According to European sources and rebels in Benghazi, men, or some of them, had made trips to Tripoli to Benghazi before installation, and should return at the end of the month. The Vice-President Secopex Robert Dulas, dismissed the accusations of espionage, ensuring that the French authorities and the rebels were aware of the Secopex activities in Libya. 
But they will be very soon," said Friday, May 20 Jalal Al-Gallali, a spokesman for the National Transitional Council (CNT) governing body of the rebellion Jamahiriya. The French must be given to the French consular authorities in Egypt, according to CNT. In Paris, the Quai d'Orsay has confirmed that the French would be "soon returned to the border" with Egypt.
The French representative in Benghazi, Antoine Sivan, was to meet this Friday, the four detainees, who will be assisted in their efforts by a French consular official. The rebels accused the five men, members and patron of the society Secopex, whose headquarters are located in Carcassonne, have threatened the security of Libya.
According to several European and Libyan sources, they were suspected of "espionage on behalf of [Muammar] Gaddafi." The diplomatic representative of France in Benghazi, Antoine Sivan, met for the first time last Saturday the four French. Sunday, the French Minister for Cooperation, Henry Raincourt, had said that France is still "a bit in the fog" about the situation of the four French.
"We fervently hope that the investigation be conducted quickly, we can see more clearly," he said. According to European sources and rebels in Benghazi, men, or some of them, had made trips to Tripoli to Benghazi before installation, and should return at the end of the month. The Vice-President Secopex Robert Dulas, dismissed the accusations of espionage, ensuring that the French authorities and the rebels were aware of the Secopex activities in Libya.
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