Arabic News Weekly Edition for Libya, 10/26/1998
Weekly Edition, Libya - Week of October 26, 1998
- Gaddafi, Hamas call for lifting of Sheikh Yassin's house arrest
A cable sent by Gaddafi to Arafat said he hoped that the house arrest of Sheikh Yassin would be lifted and that it is not acceptable that Sheikh Yassin gets out of an Israeli prison to be placed in a Palestinian prison. Libya-Palestine, Politics, 10/31/1998 - Security Council keeps Libyan sanctions
The United Nations Security Council said that sanctions against Libya will remain in place until Libya delivers the two suspects in the Lockerbie case over for trial in the Netherlands. Libya-UN, Politics, 10/30/1998 - Libya rejects US - British accusations of wasting time in Lockerbie case
Libya refused American and British accusations that it is wasting the time in the Lockerbie case, and it confirmed that it is waiting for an explanation concerning its proposal for trying the Libyan suspects in the Netherlands. Libya, Politics, 10/29/1998 - Libya continues efforts to obtain guarantees for Lockerbie suspects
Meanwhile, Rashid denied that there is "alienation" in the relations between Tripoli and Cairo and said that the coming period will view important developments. Libya-Egypt, Politics, 10/28/1998 - ICJ - Funding Libya-UN, Politics, 10/28/1998
- US officials meet with Lockerbie families on Libyan reply
US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and National Security Advisor Sandy Berger met with families of the victims of the 1988 Lockerbie incident to brief them on the current status of the US and British proposal to try the two Libyan suspects in the case in the Netherlands. Libya-USA, Politics, 10/27/1998