Gaddafi thanks Mubarak

Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi expressed his thanks and appreciation to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on the efforts he exerted since the beginning of Lockerbie crisis until now and his contribution in the procedures of handing over the Libyan suspects in Lockerbie issue.

This came as received yesterday evening tMohammed Zaki Abu Amer, Egyptian minister of state for administrative development, before leaving Tripoli.

After his return to Cairo, Abu Amer said that Colonel Gaddafi said President Mubarak was in permanent contact with him since the beginning of the crisis, adding that these communications enhanced his stance in solving it.

Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid made a phone call to the Libyan president in which he congratulated him on Libya's success in keeping its citizens' rights and informed him of the Arab countries' commitment to the decision of lifting the sanctions off Libya.