French Minister to visit Libya next month

The spokeswoman for the French Foreign Ministry, Anne Gazeau-Secret, said on Thursday that the French minister of state for industrial affairs intends to visit Libya in April on the occasion of the Tripoli exposition.

A French diplomatic source stated that this visit, which is the first for a French minister since suspending the sanctions imposed on Libya in 1992, will be held on April 9 and 10. The source added that tens of French companies will be represented at the Tripoli exposition.