Thursday, May 26, 2011

The South African president will discuss with Gaddafi his departure

The Head of State of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, will visit Monday, May 30 in Libya for talks with Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of a strategy that would allow him to leave office, said Wednesday the South African presidency. "President Zuma will stop May 30 in Tripoli for talks with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, as a member of the High Level Panel of the African Union to resolve the conflict of Libya", according to a statement of its services.

"The aim is to discuss an exit strategy for Muammar Gaddafi," said an anonymous source within the Presidency. "We work with the Turkish government on this issue," said a second source anonymous. The Security Council of the UN adopted a resolution March 17 that authorized the use of force against the regime in Libya's Colonel Gaddafi to protect civilians.

The coalition led by NATO, which has intensified its bombing on Tuesday in Tripoli, has acknowledged that it precipitated the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. South Africa, non-permanent member of the Security Council, voted in favor of the resolution, prior to regret the way it is implemented and oppose "the doctrine of regime change." Jacob Zuma had already traveled to Tripoli on April 10 with a high level delegation of the African Union to negotiate a truce between Colonel Gaddafi and the rebels.

They refused the truce, demanding above all the departure of Gaddafi.

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