British -Libyan relations

The British "Sunday Times" daily said in its Sunday editorial said that a new confrontation between Britain and Libya has been emerging following the new developments on the incident of killing a British policewoman outside the headquarters of the Libyan embassy in London in 1984.

The BBC on Sunday quoted the paper as saying the British government will exert pressure for Libya to hand over the suspected killer in the incident, but Britain will once again run the risk of disturbing its relations with Libyan President Moammar Gaddafi if it asks Libya about this matter at a time when improvement has been noticed in relations between the two countries following the handing over of the two Libyans suspected of being involved in the Lockerbie incident.

The "Sunday Times" added that secret talks were held between Britain and Libya in March on this matter, but no encouraging possibilities for an early solution of this matter were reached.

The paper concluded its article saying that British diplomats made it very clear to Libya that it has to approve of ways of dealing with new case before natural relations can be restored between the two countries.