An anti-Gaddafi opposition leader has in Strasbourg called for the EU to recognise the legitimacy of the country's Provisional Transitional National Council (PTNC) and for limited military assistance.
Mahmud Gebril, a former junior minister in the Gaddafi regime who defected to the opposition and helped set up the PTNC in Libya's second city of Benghazi, put forward his request at a meeting of the Liberal group in the EU parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday (8 March) evening.
Mr Ge...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.