USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: [unioNews] Libya chooses AU rejects G8 intimidation

Putin, who will run and win the Russian presidency next year will support Medvedev's positio. 

 

 

MOSCOW, May 15 (Reuters) - A plan by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to launch a new political movement is likely to strengthen his power base at the expense of President Dmitry Medvedev in the run-up to next year's presidential election.

Medvedev and Putin have also differed in recent weeks on issues such as Libya.

 

 

Libya rejects G8, open only to African Union

• From correspondents in Tripoli
• From: AFP
• May 28, 2011 6:24AM

THE Libyan regime overnight rejected calls from a summit of G8 world powers for strongman Muammar Gaddafi to stand down and said any initiative to resolve the crisis would have to go through the African Union.

"The G8 is an economic summit. We are not concerned by its decisions," said Libya's deputy foreign minister, Khaled Kaaim, after Russia joined NATO calls for Gaddafi's departure.

Tripoli also rejects Russian mediation and will "not accept any mediation which marginalises the peace plan of the African Union", he said. "We are an African country. Any initiative outside the AU framework will be rejected."
Kaaim said it had no confirmation of a change in Russia's position.

"We have not been officially informed. We are in the process of contacting the Russian government to verify reports in the press," the official told a press conference.

At the end of a two-day meeting in France, the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States said Gaddafi and his government had "lost all legitimacy" and must go.

"Gaddafi and the Libyan Government have failed to fulfil their responsibility to protect the Libyan population and have lost all legitimacy. He has no future in a free, democratic Libya. He must go," they warned in a final statement.

In contrast, African leaders at a summit in Addis Ababa on Thursday called for an end to NATO air strikes on Libya to pave the way for a political solution to the conflict.

The pan-African bloc also sought a stronger say in resolving the conflict.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/libya-rejects-g8-open-only-to-african-union/story-e6frf7jx-1226064518769

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