Arabic News Weekly Edition for Libya, 5/27/2002
Weekly Edition, Libya - Week of May 27, 2002
- Australia for strengthening trade, economic relations with Libya
Australia announced on Friday it will seek to restore back normal relations with Libya in a step aiming at strengthening trade and economic relations between the two countries following 15 years of the closure of the Australia embassy in Tripoli because of political differences. Libya-Australia, Economics, 6/1/2002 - OIC supports Libyan efforts in Indian-Pakistani crisis Libya-Regional, Politics, 5/31/2002
- US: Libya must comply with UN resolutions; denial of agreement on Lockerbie
In an official statement issued on Wednesday Libya denied to have had proposed giving any compensations for the families of Lockerbie victims, in a settlement agreement at a cost of USD 2.7 billion to be paid in stages. Libya-USA, Politics, 5/31/2002 - Telephone conversations between al-Qaddafi, Bin Ali Libya-Tunisia, Politics, 5/30/2002
- Libya to compensate victims of Lockerbie
A high ranking American official in Washington announced on Tuesday evening that the Libyan government proposed to pay USD 2.7 billion as a compensation for the families of the Lockerbie incident victims. Libya, Politics, 5/30/2002 - Libya hosts mediterranean ministerial encounters
Libya is hosting this week the annual ministerial dialogue 5+5 forum (northern and southern Mediterranean countries), says a statement of the French foreign department. Maghreb-Libya, Politics, 5/29/2002