UMA Secretary General Calls for End to Anti-Libya Embargo

Secretary general of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA), Mohamed Amamou, joined his colleagues from the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Conference in an appeal to the UN security council to immediately lift the anti-Libya embargo.

After a Scottish court delivered its verdict in the Lockerbie case, sentencing one Libyan official to life-imprisonment and acquitting the other suspect, the UMA secretary general said in a press statement the union, which groups Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, praised the cooperation shown by Libya in the case to reach a fair solution.

He also recalled efforts by the UMA member countries leaders to contribute to settling the issue, renewing the Union's continuous support to the brother Libyan people. He said the immediate and definitive lifting of the embargo and the compensation of Libya for damages incurred have now become urgent and compulsory.

Amamou expressed confidence that Libya will now mobilize all its efforts to foster development, contribute efficiently in the UMA construction process and take its role for peace and understanding in the Mediterranean, Africa and worldwide.