Libya appoints an opposition as its ambassador to the AL

Libya has appointed former opposition member to Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi Abdul Menem al-Houni, as Libya's ambassador to the Arab League (AL), according to the spokesman for the AL Talaat Hamid. The new ambassador submitted his credentials to the AL secretary general Ismat Abdul Miguid.

Worthy mentioning al-Houni assumed the foreign ministry office in the 1970s. He is a former member of the Libyan revolution leadership and was living in exile in Cairo and then he lived in London.

According to AL sources, he is considered one of the main opposition faces to the Libyan regime.