Arab League for amicable solution to the Lockerbie crisis

Arab League Secretary-General Esmat Abdul Meguid said Tuesday that the Arab league is making intensive contacts with several countries concerned to settle the Lockerbie crisis.

In a statement to Sawt al-Arab radio broadcast today, Meguid added that Libya has discussed the issue at the Arab Parliamentary conference currently being held in Tripoli.

He noted current contact with western states, foremost Britain and the families of the Lockerbie victims who accepted the Libyan and Arab proposal adopted by the AL and the Organization of African Unity.