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United Nations: A UN special envoy pressed the need for a ceasefire and access to stricken Libyan cities in talks Sunday with Muammar Qadhafi's regime, a UN spokesman said.
Regime officials told UN envoy Abdul-Ilah al Khatib they were “open and ready to fully engage,” UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said. No mention was made however of a Libyan offer of a ceasefire in the conflict in which more than 1,000 people are now said to have died.
Khatib went to Tripoli on Sunday for a day of talks, while UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke by telephone with Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi, the spokesman added.
The envoy also met with Libya's foreign minister Abdelati Laabidi and tribal leaders who support the regime. But Khatib has still not managed to get a meeting with Qadhafi, who has had two rounds of UN sanctions imposed since his crackdown on opposition protests started in mid-February.
“Their discussions focused on the need to fully implement Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973, to allow full humanitarian access, and to establish a ceasefire and political process,” Nesirky said.
“The special envoy's interlocutors said they were open and ready to fully engage and to cooperate with his efforts.” Ban spoke with Mahmudi during the day but no details were given of their discussions. The UN leader has made repeated calls for a ceasefire, including in a stormy telephone discussion with Qadhafi.
Libya's official media said the Qadhafi regime offered a truce in return for an immediate Nato ceasefire during the talks with Khatib.
Mahmudi, quoted by JANA state news agency, said after meeting Khatib that Libya wants “an immediate ceasefire to coincide with a stop to the Nato bombardment and the acceptance of international observers.”
United Nations: A UN special envoy pressed the need for a ceasefire and access to stricken Libyan cities in talks Sunday with Muammar Qadhafi's regime, a UN spokesman said.
Regime officials told UN envoy Abdul-Ilah al Khatib they were “open and ready to fully engage,” UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said. No mention was made however of a Libyan offer of a ceasefire in the conflict in which more than 1,000 people are now said to have died.
Khatib went to Tripoli on Sunday for a day of talks, while UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke by telephone with Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi, the spokesman added.
The envoy also met with Libya's foreign minister Abdelati Laabidi and tribal leaders who support the regime. But Khatib has still not managed to get a meeting with Qadhafi, who has had two rounds of UN sanctions imposed since his crackdown on opposition protests started in mid-February.
“Their discussions focused on the need to fully implement Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973, to allow full humanitarian access, and to establish a ceasefire and political process,” Nesirky said.
“The special envoy's interlocutors said they were open and ready to fully engage and to cooperate with his efforts.” Ban spoke with Mahmudi during the day but no details were given of their discussions. The UN leader has made repeated calls for a ceasefire, including in a stormy telephone discussion with Qadhafi.
Libya's official media said the Qadhafi regime offered a truce in return for an immediate Nato ceasefire during the talks with Khatib.
Mahmudi, quoted by JANA state news agency, said after meeting Khatib that Libya wants “an immediate ceasefire to coincide with a stop to the Nato bombardment and the acceptance of international observers.”
