Gaddafi regime seeks talks with west
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China.org.cn, April 2, 2011
The regime of Muammar Gaddafi has started to communicate with western countries in an effort to end the conflict in Libya, the Guardian reported.
"We are trying to talk to the British, the French and the Americans to stop the killing of people, former Libyan prime minister Abdul Ati al-Obeidi told BBC's Channel 4. "We are trying to find a mutual solution."
The Gaddafi regime delegation also expressed its willingness to come to the negotiating table during a meeting with five African state leaders in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa on March 25.
"We are ready to discuss what the Libyan people want. What kind of reforms do they want? If it is elections we are willing to discuss about the details. We are willing to negotiate with anyone. These are our people. There is no division between the Libyan people; there is a division between extremists and the Libyan people," Obeidi said during the Addis Ababa meeting.
Mohamed Ismail, one of Libya's highest ranking political aides, and a representative for Colonel Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam, is believed to have met with British officials in London in the last few days in an attempt to seek an end to the conflict, the Guardian reported.
On Friday, The Libyan government turned down the rebel truce offer and claimed that the rebels were not seeking peace by raising the demand that the Libyan government troops should leave the country's cities, Xinhua reported.
British Prime Minister David Cameron's spokesman, Steve Field, said the U.K. has been in contact with a number of Libyan officials over recent weeks, though he declined to reveal the details, according to the Guardian report.
