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| After Successful Negotiations, Rebels Expect to Enter Bani Walid Wednesday |
| 2011-09-07 |
| [Tripoli Post] Although representatives of Libya's National Transitional Council have reportedly accepted the Bani Walid elders's request for the peaceful handover of the town to the rebels' control, sources close to the rebels have said that they would wait perhaps until tomorrow to get inside the city. The rebels wanted the rebels' word that they would not fire their weapons once inside and that the people inside the city would be assured of their safety. The National Transitional Council has confirmed that the rebels have managed to arrest Khaled Kaim, the deputy foreign minister in the ousted Al Qadaffy ...a proud Arab institution for 42 years... regime. Though Khaled is only considered a 'small fish' he was considered to be close to the deposed Libyan leader because on occasions he could speak on behalf of the regime It is not yet known whether he was captured or gave himself up like Abdulati Al-Obeidi who has made it a point to clarify that he was not captured but he himself got in touch with the NTC and gave himself up. In another development, China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it would recognise Libya's National Transitional Council as the country's legitimate government "when conditions are ripe". The front man however, did not spell out what the conditions would be. China has not joined Western powers in formally recognising the NTC as the legitimate authority in Libya, but has acknowledged its "important role" after Muammar Al Qadaffy's ousting as the rebels swept into Tripoli last month. In the meantime, China said it will tighten control over exports of arms following a report that companies offered to sell weapons to Muammar Al Qadaffy's regime in violation of United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... sanctions. Talks between the companies and Al Qadaffy's representatives in Beijing in July took place without the government's knowledge, Jiang Yu, a spokeswoman for China's ministry of foreign affairs, said in Beijing yesterday. At a briefing Tuesday she said the companies were acting on their own, adding that China hoped Libya's new government would respect its interests and honour existing contracts. Jiang spoke after comments by Libya's new leaders yesterday that Libya's relations with China will suffer if the report that Chinese state companies offered to sell Al Qadaffy $200 million of arms during the rebellion is confirmed. "If indeed the Chinese government agreed to sell arms to Al Qadaffy only a month ago, definitely it will affect our relationship with China," the National Transitional Council's finance minister, Ali Al Tarhouni, told Al Jizz. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 There seems to be some confusion in this article about who the rebels are now. Maybe now that the NTC controls Tripoli they consider Daffy's people to be the rebels...as if the tables have turned. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-09-07 11:29 |