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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Libya: Gaddafi envoy 'visits UK for secret Government talks

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Claims: Gaddafi's aide Mohammed Ismail is said to have visited Britain
Claims: Gaddafi's aide Mohammed Ismail is said to have visited Britain
Libya sent a senior aide to one of leader Colonel Gaddafi's sons for talks with British officials in London, it was reported today.
Mohammed Ismail, an aide to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, is said to have been sent to the UK in recent days to discuss the bloody conflict with British officials.
Reports claim that he was carrying a message from Gaddafi about an exit-strategy for the embattled dictator.
The alleged meeting is said to have been one of many contacts between Libya and the West in the past two weeks.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman neither confirmed nor denied the report, saying: 'We are not going to provide a running commentary on our contact with Libyan officials.'
She added: 'In any contact that we do have, we make it clear that Gaddafi has to go.'
Details of the meeting were reported in the Guardian today, citing unidentified British government sources.
It is reported that Gaddafi's two sons - who have been heavily involved in suppressing the country's protests - are 'anxious' to explore ways out of the conflict.
'There has been increasing evidence that the sons want a way out,' a Western source told the Guardian.
If reports are accurate and the Libyan has visited Britain it could signal the first signs that Gaddafi is trying to engage with coalition forces about the conflict.

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