United Kingdom: No change in Lockerbie stance

The UK denied yesterday any change in its stance toward the extradition of two Libyans who are accused of blowing up a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988

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As a reaction to a London Times newspaper article saying Britain was considering a change in its stance on the Lockerbie suspects, a spokesman from the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated yesterday, "There has been no change in the policy." Britain has maintianed a firm stance which requires that the two Libyan suspects be tried in Britain

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On the other hand, the Arab League supported a proposal on Libyan-pan Arab position on this issue, that would have an international trial for alleged bombers, submitted late last year by the Libyan President Gaddafi, Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdel-Maguid stated yesterday.