http://www.smh.com.au/world/challenge-now-is-to-find-gaddafi-a-refuge-20110610-1fx0x.html
Challenge now is to find Gaddafi a refuge Lara Setrakian, Flavia Krause-jackson June 11, 2011 Hilary Clinton ... potential for transition in Libya. Photo: Reuters SAIF AL-ISLAM, the son of the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, had approached rebels in the past few days to negotiate an exit from power for his father, an aide to the National Transitional Council leader Mahmoud Jebril said. ''Of course, he is trying to put some terms. We understand those terms and we know how to play the negotiations,'' Mohamed al-Akari told Bloomberg on Thursday in Abu Dhabi, where foreign ministers from the 22-nation Libya Contact Group were meeting. ''We are talking now of the last stage of this operation.'' The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, one of those at the meeting, said people close to Colonel Gaddafi had contacted many different interlocutors about the ''potential for a transition''. ''There have been numerous and continuing discussions by people close to Colonel Gaddafi and we are aware that those discussions include, among other matters, the potential for a transition,'' she said. ''There is not a clear way forward yet.'' Mr Akari said Colonel Gaddafi would not be allowed to remain in Libya even though he is ''dreaming of staying in the country''. South Africa and Senegal are among the countries that might offer him a safe haven, he added. Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kevin Rudd, said Colonel Gaddafi had sent out many ''feelers'' to negotiate an end to the conflict. Colonel Gaddafi requested refuge in a village in Libya but that was not possible, partly because rebels could not afford the security to prevent him from being assassinated, Mr Akari said. Colonel Gaddafi had previously said that he would rather die in Libya than leave. The Spanish Foreign Minister, Trinidad Jimenez, said before the Abu Dhabi talks that ''finding a place for him is now the critical issue, since everyone has agreed he has to go.'' She said Turkey and South Africa are working on a solution. Uganda said on March 30 that it would consider a request for political asylum, while Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez still calls Colonel Gaddafi a ''friend''. Bloomberg; Agence France-Presse Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/challenge-now-is-to-find-gaddafi-a-refuge-20110610-1fx0x.html#ixzz1OumOn27D [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
