Two of the son of Libyan leader would offer a transition to a constitutional democracy that would include the removal of the power of their father, reported, Sunday, April 3, the New York Times. Quoting a diplomat on condition of anonymity and a Libyan official informed the project, the U.S. daily said that the transition would be driven by Saif al-Islam Gaddafi.
The NYT does not say whether Colonel Gaddafi, aged 68, agrees with this proposal. But a person close to his two children said he seemed to agree, the paper said. Both son "want to move to change the country" without their father, notes the daily, quoting a speaker close to Saif and Saadi.
According to the NYT, the proposal of a transition may reflect the differences between long-Gaddafi son. While Saif and Saadi attended school western, the other two, and Khamis Mutuassim are considered supporters of the hardliners. Moreover, the next meeting of the Contact Group on Libya will take place "next week in Doha [Qatar's capital]," announced Monday, the British foreign minister, William Hague.
It will, according to the minister, "to maintain international cohesion and gather a large number of countries wishing to ensure a better future for Libya." This group, established officially last Tuesday, March 29 in London, aims to ensure "political leadership" of military action and international civil Libya, with NATO by setting up the "sword arm".
The Deputy Foreign Minister of Libya, Abdelati Laabidi, who had contacts in Greece Sunday, was en route to Ankara to discuss a possible cease-fire with the insurgents, a senior diplomat Turkey under cover of anonymity. Came to Athens at the request of Tripoli, the emissary of Colonel Gaddafi sent a message showing that the plan "seeks a solution" to the conflict.
A possible departure of the head of the Libyan regime has also been mentioned by the rebels. Abdeljalil Mustafa, the leader of the National Transitional Council (CNT), said in an interview in La Stampa that "from the beginning we did not oppose the idea of an exile Gaddafi". "There are quite a few days as we speak.
Obviously, there is no country willing to host it," he added. Monday morning, head to the foreign policy of CNT, Ali al-Isawi, a former Libyan ambassador to India who defected, was received in Rome by the Italian foreign minister, Franco Frattini. This indicated that Italy is now recognized as the CNT "only legitimate interlocutor." Heavy fighting raged on Sunday and Monday, near the site of Brega oil, 800 km from Tripoli and 240 km south of Benghazi between rebels and forces Gaddafi.
If the army of Muammar Gaddafi keeps out rebels in the field, the Libyan authorities had a political and diplomatic setback with the resignation of an adviser to the Colonel, Ali Triki, senior diplomats and former "Mr. Africa" Libyan leader. The diplomat, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Affairs, Ambassador of Libya to the UN, has not said if he joined the rebel camp, said the Arab League in Cairo.
On Sunday, French aircraft have again destroyed several armored forces Gaddafi around the oil port of Ras Lanuf, about sixty miles west of Brega, according to the French General Staff. The Pentagon announced it on the evening of Sunday that the United States had agreed, at the request of NATO, to extend the strike until Monday, April 4 because "the recent bad weather." British aircraft will participate in peacekeeping operations in the no-fly zone in Libya "for at least six months," said Chief of the Royal Air Force Marshal Stephen Dalton, the British daily The Guardian Monday. 
The NYT does not say whether Colonel Gaddafi, aged 68, agrees with this proposal. But a person close to his two children said he seemed to agree, the paper said. Both son "want to move to change the country" without their father, notes the daily, quoting a speaker close to Saif and Saadi.
According to the NYT, the proposal of a transition may reflect the differences between long-Gaddafi son. While Saif and Saadi attended school western, the other two, and Khamis Mutuassim are considered supporters of the hardliners. Moreover, the next meeting of the Contact Group on Libya will take place "next week in Doha [Qatar's capital]," announced Monday, the British foreign minister, William Hague.
It will, according to the minister, "to maintain international cohesion and gather a large number of countries wishing to ensure a better future for Libya." This group, established officially last Tuesday, March 29 in London, aims to ensure "political leadership" of military action and international civil Libya, with NATO by setting up the "sword arm".
The Deputy Foreign Minister of Libya, Abdelati Laabidi, who had contacts in Greece Sunday, was en route to Ankara to discuss a possible cease-fire with the insurgents, a senior diplomat Turkey under cover of anonymity. Came to Athens at the request of Tripoli, the emissary of Colonel Gaddafi sent a message showing that the plan "seeks a solution" to the conflict.
A possible departure of the head of the Libyan regime has also been mentioned by the rebels. Abdeljalil Mustafa, the leader of the National Transitional Council (CNT), said in an interview in La Stampa that "from the beginning we did not oppose the idea of an exile Gaddafi". "There are quite a few days as we speak.
Obviously, there is no country willing to host it," he added. Monday morning, head to the foreign policy of CNT, Ali al-Isawi, a former Libyan ambassador to India who defected, was received in Rome by the Italian foreign minister, Franco Frattini. This indicated that Italy is now recognized as the CNT "only legitimate interlocutor." Heavy fighting raged on Sunday and Monday, near the site of Brega oil, 800 km from Tripoli and 240 km south of Benghazi between rebels and forces Gaddafi.
If the army of Muammar Gaddafi keeps out rebels in the field, the Libyan authorities had a political and diplomatic setback with the resignation of an adviser to the Colonel, Ali Triki, senior diplomats and former "Mr. Africa" Libyan leader. The diplomat, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Affairs, Ambassador of Libya to the UN, has not said if he joined the rebel camp, said the Arab League in Cairo.
On Sunday, French aircraft have again destroyed several armored forces Gaddafi around the oil port of Ras Lanuf, about sixty miles west of Brega, according to the French General Staff. The Pentagon announced it on the evening of Sunday that the United States had agreed, at the request of NATO, to extend the strike until Monday, April 4 because "the recent bad weather." British aircraft will participate in peacekeeping operations in the no-fly zone in Libya "for at least six months," said Chief of the Royal Air Force Marshal Stephen Dalton, the British daily The Guardian Monday.
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