France proposes to help Libya in developing nuclear energy

The French foreign ministry announced yesterday that Paris will shortly propose to Libya a plan to develop a peaceful program for nuclear energy.

The spokesman for the foreign ministry Jan Mati said "we have established the concept of cooperation in the field of peaceful nuclear energy but details are under preparations .. We are still in the explanatory phase."

Mati said that France will shortly propose to the Libyans on what can be done, noting that Tripoli needs to develop its current capabilities in line with the needs of the country. The Libyan news agency said that the French ambassador in Tripoli handed over on Monday the Libyan foreign minister Abdul Rahman Shalqam an official document expressing the desire of his government to provide support and indicated that Paris expressed "its position officially to establish cooperation relations with Tripoli to using atomic energy for peaceful purposes and the care to sign a bilateral cooperation agreement in this field in appreciation of the brave decision taken by Libya at its own free will to optionally get rid off programs and equipments used for building internationally banned weapons.