Abdul Meguid expects positive answer from Tripoli regarding Lockerbie

Arab League Secretary-General Esmat Abdul Meguid announced that he expects a positive reply from Libya regarding the Lockerbie crisis and the suggested trial for the Libyan suspects in the 1988 explosion of a US passenger jet over Scotland.

On the margin of the Gulf summit, Abdul Meguid said that UN Secretary General Kofi Annan informed him yesterday that Libya still wants explanations regarding issues related to the problem, while he did not reveal these issues.