Libya hopes to establish balanced relations with Washington

The Libyan Foreign Ministry said it still hopes to establish balanced relations with Washington as United States stated last Tuesday that it is difficult to lift the sanctions on Libya and that it must stop supporting terrorism.

"We have made our view clear that Libya must comply with the remaining requirements of Security Council resolutions before sanctions can be lifted. Libya has given assurances that it will fulfill these requirements and end support for terrorism, cooperate with the investigation of the Pan Am 103 disaster and trial, pay compensation and acknowledge responsibility for the actions of Libyan officials. What we are going to look for is for Libya to take action on these assurances, and that is the basis on which we will guide our decisions with respect to Libya," US State Department spokesman James Rubin said on November 23.

Libya's ambassador in Cairo, Gomea El-Fazani, told ArabicNews.com that "This country endured a lot of international injustice conducted by the USA, and we are happy now because of the world's acquittal of us."

He added that most of the world's countries lifted the economic sanctions on Libya, and, "We do not care about USA's continuation in the siege because this affects the USA also."