The U.S. president, Barack Obama, asked his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, to impress upon Muammar Gaddafi that if he wants to stay alive, he must leave the country, said a senior Russian official who participated in the talks, quoted by the newspaper Kommersant on Friday. "It has been proposed to the Kremlin to take part in a mission (...): to convey to Colonel Gaddafi that he will survive if he voluntarily gives up power and leave Libya," the Russian daily.
The newspaper said the request was made Thursday by Mr. Obama at a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G8 in Deauville for the Americans "acknowledge that the conflict drags on." "For the first time, we were asked to play a mediating role. We'll be thinking about," the source told Kommersant Russian.
These revelations join the announcement by the Kremlin Thursday that Moscow had been approached by the Western powers and by Libya to act as mediator in the conflict in Libya. Washington, London and Paris did not confirm such a request had been sent to Russia, while Moscow denounced for weeks the bombing of Libya, saying the international coalition beyond the mandate of the UN.
Russia, a permanent member of the Security Council, abstained from March 17 to use its veto in the vote on resolution 1973, which authorized the intervention of an international coalition against the regime of Libya Colonel Gaddafi to protect civilians. The United States and France are determined to "finish the job" in Libya and for the departure of Muammar Gaddafi's government, reported, meanwhile, on Friday in Deauville, Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy. 
The newspaper said the request was made Thursday by Mr. Obama at a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G8 in Deauville for the Americans "acknowledge that the conflict drags on." "For the first time, we were asked to play a mediating role. We'll be thinking about," the source told Kommersant Russian.
These revelations join the announcement by the Kremlin Thursday that Moscow had been approached by the Western powers and by Libya to act as mediator in the conflict in Libya. Washington, London and Paris did not confirm such a request had been sent to Russia, while Moscow denounced for weeks the bombing of Libya, saying the international coalition beyond the mandate of the UN.
Russia, a permanent member of the Security Council, abstained from March 17 to use its veto in the vote on resolution 1973, which authorized the intervention of an international coalition against the regime of Libya Colonel Gaddafi to protect civilians. The United States and France are determined to "finish the job" in Libya and for the departure of Muammar Gaddafi's government, reported, meanwhile, on Friday in Deauville, Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy.
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