Gadhafi government in talks with rebels
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July 5, 2011, Tuesday
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THE Libyan government said yesterday that it was in talks with opposition figures but there seemed little chance of a swift end to the civil war as both sides stuck to entrenched positions on the fate of Moammar Gadhafi.
The leader's son Seif al-Islam, in combative form, told a French newspaper there was no question of negotiating an end to his father's 42-year rule, while the rebels, stepping back from a hint of a concession, renewed their demand that he go now.
"My father is not part of the negotiations," Seif al-Islam told Le Monde. "You think one can find a solution that does not involve him? No, it's impossible."
A spokesman for Gadhafi's administration said high-ranking government officials had been in foreign-mediated talks in Italy, Egypt and Norway with opposition figures to try to find a peace deal, and that talks were still going on.
A glimmer of concession on Gadhafi's future from the National Transitional Council on Sunday was swiftly withdrawn yesterday when the NTC, based in the eastern city of Benghazi, contradicted remarks made by its leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil.
He said on Sunday: "As a peaceful solution, we offered that he can resign and order his soldiers to withdraw from their barracks and positions, and then he can decide either to stay in Libya or abroad."
However, yesterday an NTC statement by Abdel Jalil said: "I would like to confirm that there is absolutely no current or future possibility for Gadhafi to remain in Libya."
The leader's son Seif al-Islam, in combative form, told a French newspaper there was no question of negotiating an end to his father's 42-year rule, while the rebels, stepping back from a hint of a concession, renewed their demand that he go now.
"My father is not part of the negotiations," Seif al-Islam told Le Monde. "You think one can find a solution that does not involve him? No, it's impossible."
A spokesman for Gadhafi's administration said high-ranking government officials had been in foreign-mediated talks in Italy, Egypt and Norway with opposition figures to try to find a peace deal, and that talks were still going on.
A glimmer of concession on Gadhafi's future from the National Transitional Council on Sunday was swiftly withdrawn yesterday when the NTC, based in the eastern city of Benghazi, contradicted remarks made by its leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil.
He said on Sunday: "As a peaceful solution, we offered that he can resign and order his soldiers to withdraw from their barracks and positions, and then he can decide either to stay in Libya or abroad."
However, yesterday an NTC statement by Abdel Jalil said: "I would like to confirm that there is absolutely no current or future possibility for Gadhafi to remain in Libya."
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