JEDDAH: The staff of the Libyan missions in Riyadh and Jeddah have announced on Tuesday that they are shifting their allegiance to the Libyan revolutionaries.Iraq, Oman, Bahrain and Morocco had earlier Tuesday recognized LibyaÂ’s rebel-led council as the countryÂ’s legitimate international representatives. They are the latest Arab nations to break off relations with Muammar QaddafiÂ’s regime in favor of the National Transitional Council.
The embassy staff confirmed, in a fax to the Arab News office, that the employees in the embassy in Riyadh and the consulate in Jeddah now recognize the rebel government.
"We have decided to join the revolutionaries, as the fall of Tripoli proves that the Qaddafi regime does not represent Libya any more. The Libyan revolutionaries will assume control of the new future of Libya," a Libyan diplomatic staff at the embassy in Riyadh told Arab News.
"We have had no contact with the Foreign Ministry in Libya for the past five days and, we will unfurl the new flag of the revolution in our embassy in Riyadh on Wednesday," he added.