Saturday, May 14, 2011

Libyan rebels do not get official recognition from the White House

A delegation of the Libyan rebels, led by its Foreign responsible Mahmoud Jibril, met Friday in Washington with senior officials from the White House to request that the National Transitional Council, its governing body, whether diplomatic recognition, and soliticar financial aid for their cause. U.S.

has welcomed them as "a legitimate and credible interlocutor," but never to express an official recognition as the legitimate representatives of the Libyan people as demanded by them, according to AFP. Other countries, like France, Italy, Qatar and Gambia, have done so. Tom Donilon, security adviser to the White House, applauded, in a statement issued after the meeting with Jibril, "the Council's commitment to an inclusive political transition and democratic future for Libya." The meeting was addressed "how the U.S.

and the coalition [of allies] can provide additional support to the Transitional Council, but have not given details of how. What has made Washington is insisting once again that Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan president, "has lost its ligitimidad to govern" and should leave office immediately.

Jibril had noted in an opinion piece sent to The New York Times, that diplomatic recognition "further isolate the regime of Gaddafi in Tripoli, would increase the morale of the opposition and improve access to humanitarian aid and diplomatic." "What we need is that people understand our cause and help us achieve our legitimate rights," he claimed Jibril told reporters before the meeting.

He also warned that lack of funds could jeopardize its objectives. Jay Carney, White House spokesman, explained that the U.S. government is working with the rebels changing current laws so that you can give the rebels the blocked assets of the scheme, in the U.S. are about 30,000 million dollars (21.112 million euros).

Rasmussen Obama meets with Barack Obama, U.S. President, met Friday morning with Anders Fogh Rasmussen, secretary general of NATO, to assess the development of the military mission of NATO in Libya. Both have shown "agreed that NATO operations has saved lives and as Gaddafi's regime continue to attack the population, NATO will continue its mission to protect civilians", as reported by the White House after meeting.

The Libyan media have reported on Friday that eleven clerics have been killed in a NATO airstrike. They have also issued a radio message from Gaddafi that aims to quell rumors that he was injured or killed. "I'm in a place where you can not find me," he told the dictator's ally.

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