PANA Pretoria Supports Tripoli's Opposition To Lockerbie Conviction Panafrican News Agency (Dakar) February 11, 2001 Posted to the web February 11, 2001 Tripoli, Libya South African President Thabo Mbeki reaffirmed Pretoria's support to Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Kadhafi for condemning the conviction at the Lockerbie trial, the official JANA news agency reported Sunday. JANA said Mbeki told Kadhafi in a telephone conversation that South Africa calls for "the immediate and permanent lifting of the sanctions imposed on Libya", and that it is done in accordance with international conventions. Furthermore, Mbeki stressed the importance of the proclamation of African Unity, a crucial stage toward the unification of the continent. Copyright © 2001 Panafrican News Agency. Distributed by allAfrica.com <http://allafrica.com/whoweare.html> . For information about the content or for permission to redistribute, publish or use for broadcast, contact the publisher. Libya News and Views Monday, 12 February, 2001: Jordan's King Abdullah held talks with Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi on Sunday on bilateral cooperation and latest developments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Libyan media reported. It is Abdullah's second official visit to Libya since last September. Qadhafi paid a three-day visit to Jordan last October when he offered Libyan help to a multimillion dollar scheme to pump water from the southern Dissi region to Amman. [Reuters] Monday, 12 February, 2001: South African President Thabo Mbeki reaffirmed Pretoria's support to Libyan leader, Col. Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi for condemning the conviction at the Lockerbie trial, the official JANA news agency reported Sunday. JANA said Mbeki told Qadhafi in a telephone conversation that South Africa calls for "the immediate and permanent lifting of the sanctions imposed on Libya", and that it is done in accordance with international conventions. Furthermore, Mbeki stressed the importance of the proclamation of African Unity, a crucial stage toward the unification of the continent. [PANA] Monday, 12 February, 2001: The head of the Organisation of African Unity has pledged support for Libya's campaign to have U.N. sanctions lifted in the wake of the Lockerbie trial."There is absolutely no basis whatsoever for the continuation of sanctions against Libya," OAU Secretary-General Salem Salem told reporters in Khartoum on Sunday. "We believe very strongly...that they should be lifted permanently...and we will see what sort of contribution the OAU can make." While the U.S. seems set to maintain its own sanctions on Libya, Britain seems equally determined to press ahead with "business as usual" provided Libya compensates the victims. [Reuters] Monday, 12 February, 2001: Eleven African leaders will discuss wars raging on the continent, an economic revival plan and the Lockerbie trial when they meet in Khartoum for their summit starting late Monday, officials said. "The leaders will discuss freely the Lockerbie trial and African conflicts," according to the secretary general of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (COMESSA). COMESSA's 11 member countries are Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Libya, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Sudan. [AFP] _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
