NEWSROOM (ADV) – Saif al-Islam believes that national reconciliation dialogue involving all the warring parties and transparent elections are necessary to overcome the crisis.
Saif al-Islam, the son of Libya’s late leader Muammar Gaddafi, has called on Russia to support a plan to resolve the Libyan issue.
The delegation’s members held meetings with Russian officials, including Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, to discuss the situation in Libya, ways to resolve the crisis and clarify Saif al-Islam’s position.
The former Libyan leader’s son believes that national reconciliation dialogue involving all the warring parties and transparent elections are necessary in order to overcome the crisis.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has not made public appearances since he was released from jail in June 2017.
Earlier this week, with reference to a source in Moscow, Bloomberg reported Saif al-Islam sent a representative to Russia. The representative handed Russian autorities a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
As writes the edition, in the letter he welcomed Putin and the Russian government, reveals his vision of the situation in Libya and asks for support of their political ambitions. Previously, Gaddafi Jr. has already talked with representatives of Russia via video link. According to sources Bloomberg, he’s going to nominate his candidacy in the presidential election, which, according to the UN plan, to be held in the country in 2019.
Muammar Gaddafi was killed by NATO-supported rebels and radicals on 20 October 2011. After his death in Libya began a civil war, of the territory seized by militant groups. In the result, at present the country has two governments: in the East, in the city of Tobruk, sits a Parliament elected by people, and in the West, in Tripoli, has set with the support of the UN and Western countries, the national consensus government.
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