Tuesday, April 5, 2011

UK paves way for flight of Libyan defectors

Libyan officials who abandon the Gaddafi regime would 'be treated with respect' in the UK, William Hague tells MPs

Harriet Sherwood in Tripoli
The Guardian, Tuesday 5 April 2011

"Britain will lift its ban on members of the Libyan regime entering the UK if they renounce their loyalty to Muammar Gaddafi, the foreign secretary, William Hague, told MPs as western governments continued to try to engineer a political solution to the deadlocked conflict....."

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