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Colonel Gaddafi has no place in future Libya – Lavrov
Published: 12 July, 2011, 21:09
United States, Washington : Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov delivers remarks on “Russia in a Multipolar World: Implications for Russia-EU-US Relations” at the Russian Embassy in Washington on July 12, 2011. (AFP Photo / Nicholas Kamm)
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Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says there is no place for Gaddafi in the future Libya. The statement was made in an interview to the Voice of Russia during Lavrov’s visit to Washington.
In his interview with the radio station Lavrov said that Libyan leader Gaddafi must step down. That view is also held by the Obama administration.
"We support the African Union’s initiative to start negotiations between representatives of Tripoli and the representative of the Benghazi-based Transitional National Council on the understanding that Gaddafi himself of course would not have any place in the future Libya and that Gaddafi himself would not participate in those discussions,” Lavrov said.
However, Lavrov has also criticized the scope of international intervention in Libya. He said that Moscow considers the actions of the allied forces a violation of the UN mandate.
Lavrov stressed that there must be limits to the intervention. What Moscow sees is the West now clearly taking sides in a civil war and extending the conflict.
Also on Tuesday Sergey Lavrov spoke on the controversial topic of missile-defense systems.
Speaking at a meeting with political scientists in Washington, Lavrov pointed out that Russia needs legal guarantees that the European missile-defense project will not threaten Russia’s security. Moscow wants to have all promises in writing.
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Washington for the meeting of the Quartet of Middle East Mediators intended to help restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. In September the Palestinian Authority is to seek UN recognition for an independent Palestinian state.
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Count Cash NATO and the U.S will not get the oil as easily as it sounds’ population in Libya has used to one of the highest living standards in the African continent by if NATO wins they will be re reduced to colonial subjects. However, the Libyans are armed to the teeth and they will not accept this new subjugated status. People will be radicalised and Libyans will becoe more militant. Libya will became the new Somalia. The War will coe Russia via Eurasia ( i.e. Eurasian/ Balkanisation of Eurasia). The Russians today are arrogant and upbeat but very soon they would have to come to terms with their strategic folly.
I see plenty of criticism, the standard call to war for Russia, but I see few proposals to help the people of Libya. What do we have in Libya, colonialists trying to feed on it, US bombing it for strategic oil and dollar concerns, opportunists on the western payroll, Al Qaeda on the ideological payroll, and an existing leader, which regardless what anyone says, does not command a unifying presence, at the moment in Libya. So what we have is a real mess and a real danger that Al Qaeda wins given the situation that NATO has lost the military encounter. An Al Qaeda with millions of barrels a day exports, oh boy what a prospect for everyone, Libyan armaments in Al Qaeda hands – what a prospect. Yes the US and Europe use Al Qaeda, but the thought of an Al Qaeda nation rich in oil, well that is off the scale in unintended consequences. It again is the mess the west gets into playing with terrorists. So what to do to help the real victims, the people of Libya, the ones victimised by the US, NATO, Al Qaeda, and treacherous nice talking Oligarch opportunists. Well why not end the conflict before Al Qaeda gets the upper hand, can we do this with Gadaffi there, I don’t think so, so practically he has to step aside. Am I saying he has been proven to do anything wrong, no. But what I am saying is that to converge this to a solution as fast as possible, he needs step aside and let us land this onto something a little bit more stable than an Al Qaeda opportunity for control. Without the right military structures in place, Libya is heading for oblivion and Al Qaeda success. So we need compromises, and will the colonialist and the US give up on their interests, I doubt it, they will want oil, they will want dollar trades, they will want their oil companies in, the new Oligarchs will want their new government positions, their fat bank accounts for doing the dirty and opening the guts of Libya up for the vultures feast. But at least the Libyan people will get change and an end to war.
Oh yes he does --sorry for you --I think folks are really frightened that he will effect their economy by using the DINER based on the gold status and get the rest of Africa to do the same --YESSS!