Muammar Gaddafi and Zuma meeting led to no agreement
May 31, 2011
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The discussion between President Jacob Zuma of South Africa and Colonel Muammar al Gaddafi has closed on Monday, no sign of a turning point in the Libyan authorities had said that he hoped.
The results seemed to exclude the government of Tripoli and its rebel foes mired in stalemate, which has settled on conflict and the possibility of NATO air strikes will continue to campaign in his attempt to overthrow the leader of Libya.
Zuma, at the end of a six-hour mission in Tripoli, Colonel Qaddafi conditions listed for Peace, which includes a ceasefire, followed by talks with the rebels. There was no sign that the Libyan leader had made concessions on the issue at the center of the impasse in the conflict, his rejection of requests to leave and flee to Libya.
The demand by Colonel Gaddafi to stop smoking was established by the rebel leaders in eastern Libya and with the support of NATO leads the campaign to 10 weeks of age of air strikes against Gaddafi’s government and was joined Russia last week, long considered an ally of Gadhafi. But the leader of Libya, despite a series of heavy bombing in Tripoli command complex last month, has remained steadfast in its promise to cling to power.
The failure of negotiations on Monday, the first major diplomatic mission in Tripoli, as a Zuma-led previous visit in early April, was highlighted by the Gaddafi government’s silence in the hours after Mr. Zuma gone.
The South African president, however, spoke to journalists from the state radio and television networks in South Africa and Libya, before boarding a plane for South African military flight back.
He said that Colonel Gaddafi had insisted that all Libyans will have the opportunity to talk among themselves for the future of the country, a sentence, the government has repeatedly used to deny the possibility of Colonel Gaddafi into exile.
Zuma said Colonel Qaddafi was willing to accept the roadmap as called for peace in Africa, a leading edge in Zuma’s first trip here. The plan calls for a ceasefire, including the cessation of NATO bombing, the international supervision of the truce and negotiations between Tripoli and the rebels in a political settlement.
Colonel Qaddafi has accepted the plan in April, but he ignored and quickly resumes its offensive against the rebels. Rebel leaders criticized, as they did on Monday.
There are only some of the things that Gaddafi would like to stay in power, the rebel foreign minister, Fathi Baja, said the rebel stronghold and Benghazi.
Zuma visit was widely publicized in advance by officials in Tripoli, who came to see the African Union as the last bastion of diplomatic support.
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