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NATO, Libyan rebels reject Gaddafi's truce
Source: Xinhua |
May 1, 2011, Sunday
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BOTH NATO and the Libyan rebels turned down yesterday a proposal of a ceasefire floated by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, al-Jazeera news channel reported.
In a speech carried by the Libyan TV earlier in the day, Gaddafi proposed a ceasefire and called on all parties to resort to dialogue only if NATO halts its airstrikes.
"Libya welcomes a ceasefire," Gaddafi said in his speech, adding that "a ceasefire can not be done unilaterally."
However, Gaddafi made it clear that he will never leave his country and nobody can force him to leave.
"I don't have any function or post. If I were a president, my fate would be like the fates of the presidents of Tunisia and Egypt," Gaddafi said.
In the meantime, spokesman for Libya's Transitional National Council Abdelhafld Ghoga said that Gaddafi's regime lost its legitimacy and Libyans cannot accept any future role from such a regime in their country.
"Gaddafi proposed ceasefire many times only to have a chance to continue human rights violations; now settlement time is over," Ghoga was quoted by al-Jazeera as saying.
For his part, spokesman for the rebel army Ahammed Bani accused Gaddafi of "playing dirty tricks," adding that the opposition will not trust him any more.
In a speech carried by the Libyan TV earlier in the day, Gaddafi proposed a ceasefire and called on all parties to resort to dialogue only if NATO halts its airstrikes.
"Libya welcomes a ceasefire," Gaddafi said in his speech, adding that "a ceasefire can not be done unilaterally."
However, Gaddafi made it clear that he will never leave his country and nobody can force him to leave.
"I don't have any function or post. If I were a president, my fate would be like the fates of the presidents of Tunisia and Egypt," Gaddafi said.
In the meantime, spokesman for Libya's Transitional National Council Abdelhafld Ghoga said that Gaddafi's regime lost its legitimacy and Libyans cannot accept any future role from such a regime in their country.
"Gaddafi proposed ceasefire many times only to have a chance to continue human rights violations; now settlement time is over," Ghoga was quoted by al-Jazeera as saying.
For his part, spokesman for the rebel army Ahammed Bani accused Gaddafi of "playing dirty tricks," adding that the opposition will not trust him any more.
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