Monday, May 15, 2006
"US to restore diplomatic ties with Libya"
Jamaica Observer:
"Libya welcomes US move..." from Xinhua.
Libyan Foreign Minister Abdurrahman Shalgham said "the U.S. move was 'a result of contacts and negotiations'...and [that the US] is motivated by its own interests."
"This is an indication that the United States has never been serious about calls for reforms and respect of human rights in the region," said Bahy El-Deen Hassan, head of the pan-Arab Cairo Center for Human Rights.
Mahmoud Shamam, a leading Libyan activist [and editor of Newsweek in Arabic], voiced similar concerns in a telephone interview from Washington. "This was the final and fatal bullet fired by the administration into its initiative to spread democracy and reforms in the Middle East," he said.
"Libya welcomes US move..." from Xinhua.
Libyan Foreign Minister Abdurrahman Shalgham said "the U.S. move was 'a result of contacts and negotiations'...and [that the US] is motivated by its own interests."
