Arabic News Weekly Edition for Libya, 12/1/1997
Weekly Edition, Libya - Week of December 1, 1997
- Lybian - French problem to end?
At the request of France, the UN Security Council issued on January 21, 1992 resolution No. 721/92 which openly stated the French request for the Libyan authorities to cooperate with French authorities in the investigation of the UTA plane explosion. Libya, Politics, 12/6/1997 - Hrawi contacted Gaddafi
The Lebanese President showed his country's interest in opening Libyan markets to Lebanese agricultural products. Gaddafi stressed Libya 's readiness to support Lebanon and open Libya 's markets for Lebanese agricultural harvests. Lebanon-Libya, Agriculture, 12/6/1997 - Gadaffi receives a message from French president
The Libyan President had described Libyan-French relations as excellent and expressed his readiness to fully cooperate in the investigation carried out by Paris in the explosion of the French Uta plane over Niger which killed more than 170 persons in 1989. Libya, Politics, 12/5/1997 - Islamic conference to support Libya and Iran
Dr. Esmat Abdel Meguid, called on the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to form an Islamic committee to work for consolidation with Libya in its Lockerbie crisis with the USA, France, and Britain. Regional-Libya, Politics, 12/5/1997 - Libya: Great Man-Made River for irrigation Libya, Politics, 12/4/1997
- Disco bombing trial Libya, International, 12/3/1997
- France welcomes Libyan cooperation in the UTA plane explosion
Sources said that Libya's continuation to provide information in the trial of the 6 Libyan suspects, which will be held in absentia, and Libya's readiness to pay compensation for the victims' families will boost relations between the two countries. Libya, Politics, 12/2/1997 - Exporting Egyptian gas to Europe through Libya
L.E. 260 million was allocated to set up 125 service stations, rest houses, and motels on the coastal and desert roads between Egypt and Libya. Egypt-Libya, Business, 12/1/1997