Libya. Panafrican News Agency Jan 17 Tripoli, Libya The Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Kadhafi Wednesday said the situation and events unfolding in Democratic Republic of Congo have no likelihood of repercussions on the entire African continent, according to official sources in Tripoli. Speaking in response to the events unfolding in DRC, where President Laurent-Desire Kabila was assassinated, Kadhafi said the events "only form another link that further shows Congo's problem, which has been going on since the country's independence". But this time around, Kadhafi said, there "are further constraints as regards the unity of Congo, insofar as there is no hope for an immediate reconciliation of the various parties in conflict in that country". The Libyan leader therefore urged Africans "to help the Congolese people preserve their national unity rather than take advantage of the situation to expose the country's territories to collapse and disintegration". Kadhafi further stressed that Tripoli "is in direct touch with all parties in DR Congo and follows the situation and events with keen interest so as to save Congo from further disasters". Meanwhile, Kadhafi Wednesday received in Tripoli, the DRC defence minister, Godfroid Tcham'lesso. The minister confirmed "the death of President Laurent Desire Kabila". Kabila was killed in an operation mounted against him by one of his bodyguards. Kabila was quickly flown to a private hospital in Kinshasa, but died shortly of wounds he sustained from the gunshot fired at him, the minister explained. Copyright © 2000 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 Jan 18 Thursday, 18 January, 2001: A key Lockerbie witness was a greedy "liar and fantasist" who implicated Libya in the 1988 aircraft bombing in the hope of lining his own pockets, the defence said. Edwin Bollier, co-owner of a Swiss firm alleged to have made the timer used in the blast that killed 270 people over Lockerbie, lied under oath on crucial points so judges should treat all his evidence with extreme scepticism, defence lawyer William Taylor said. "He is a man of very suspect motives," Taylor told the three-judge panel on the 83rd day of the trial of two Libyans at a special Scottish court in the Netherlands. Taylor was making a fourth day of final submissions in defence of Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, who along with Al-Amin Fahima denies murder. [Reuters] Thursday, 18 January, 2001: Morocco and Libya have agreed to boost bilateral cooperation and support Palestinian people's struggle against Israeli occupation while calling for the early lifting of the U.N. embargo on Iraq. The two countries voiced the stance in a joint communique issued Wednesday at the end of the three-day visit of Moroccan King Mohammed VI. During his visit the Moroccan king held talks with Libyan leader Qadhafi on cooperation in the political and economic fields, and regional and international issues of common interest. [Xinhua] Thursday, 18 January, 2001: Libyan leader, Col. Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi Wednesday said the situation and events unfolding in Democratic Republic of Congo have no likelihood of repercussions on the entire African continent, according to official sources in Tripoli. Speaking in response to the events unfolding in DRC, where President Kabila was assassinated, Qadhafi said the events "only form another link that further shows Congo's problem, which has been going on since the country's independence". The Libyan leader therefore urged Africans "to help the Congolese people preserve their national unity rather than take advantage of the situation to expose the country's territories to collapse and disintegration". [PANA] Thursday, 18 January, 2001: Pakistan will export arms and ammunition to Libya after the U.N. lifts sanctions against it, said chairman of Pakistan Ordnance Factories Lt. Gen. Abdul Qayyum. He was addressing the members of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce. He said that Pakistan authorities were already negotiating with the Libyan authorities in this regard. [Asia Pulse] Thursday, 18 January, 2001: The son of Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi will be among the members of the Libyan national team who arrive in Nairobi today for a series of friendly matches. KFF secretary Hassan Haji said that Libya would set camp in Nairobi before playing against the Angola national team on January 28 in a World Cup qualifier. The Libyan leader's son, Al-Sa'di, is the team captain and also the head of the delegation of his team. Libya is in Group 'A' with Cameroon, Zambia and Togo. Al-Sa'di, an accomplished striker, may travel with his personal fitness coach Ben Johnson, the disgraced former world 100m record holder. [The Nation] _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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