The Executive of Barack Obama has revealed that officials from the State Department and even the U.S. ambassador to Libya, Gene Cretz, have maintained contacts in recent days with members of the National Transition Council, the parallel government that leads the rebel opposition the country trying to overthrow the dictator Qaddafi.
Although were not disclosed many details of these meetings, the meetings took place in Cairo (Egypt) and Rome (Italy). This is the first to be produced with the United States since the constitution of the body opponent. The State Department spokesman, Philip Crowley, declined to identify those who had discussions with Cretz, and said the purpose of the meetings was to "achieve a greater understanding of what is happening" in the Arab country.
"Cretz met in recent days with officials from the Government of Italy and Egypt, but also with members of the opposition in Libya," he told Crowley spokesman in his daily press conference. So far, the State Department had expressed interest in contact with the opposition movement in the country, but also was skeptical about its organization or the amount of support with which they had in Libya.
In this regard, Crowley said that the U.S. does not correspond to "choose the protagonists in this effort" transition, so try to relate to "a wide range of leaders and people who can influence events in Libya, including opposition outside the National Transitional Council. The development of that body, however, "will be observed" from Washington, which means that the quota of members within the same "not complete" and thus continue interacting "with him and also other" groups.
"Eventually you will emerge a formal opposition in Libya. We are waiting to see how it develops," he said. The National Transitional Council, based in Benghazi, is led by former Minister of Justice of Libya, Mustafa Abdel Jalil. Crowley also said that the current foreign minister of Libya, Mussa Kussa, has telephoned the deputy secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman to discuss "the situation in Libya from the point of view of Qaddafi's regime" , in a conversation "very soon." United States continues its humanitarian mission on the border between Libya and Tunisia, which has invested 30 million dollars to buy equipment, to provide essential emergency and transporting third country nationals.
On Monday, the mission hoped to evacuate more than 2,000 people, including 140 Bangladeshis and 452 Ghanaians for tomorrow repatriate another 1,100 people, including citizens of Bangladesh, Ghana and Egypt, said Crowley. To monitor the operation, arrived today in Tunis on Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration, Eric Schwartz, and deputy administrator for Democracy and Humanitarian Assistance U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID), Nancy Lindborg. On Thursday, they will move to Egypt to continue coordinating with government officials and representatives of international and nongovernmental organizations the U.S. response to the estimated 200,000 people have fled Libya since the beginning of the riots in February. 
Although were not disclosed many details of these meetings, the meetings took place in Cairo (Egypt) and Rome (Italy). This is the first to be produced with the United States since the constitution of the body opponent. The State Department spokesman, Philip Crowley, declined to identify those who had discussions with Cretz, and said the purpose of the meetings was to "achieve a greater understanding of what is happening" in the Arab country.
"Cretz met in recent days with officials from the Government of Italy and Egypt, but also with members of the opposition in Libya," he told Crowley spokesman in his daily press conference. So far, the State Department had expressed interest in contact with the opposition movement in the country, but also was skeptical about its organization or the amount of support with which they had in Libya.
In this regard, Crowley said that the U.S. does not correspond to "choose the protagonists in this effort" transition, so try to relate to "a wide range of leaders and people who can influence events in Libya, including opposition outside the National Transitional Council. The development of that body, however, "will be observed" from Washington, which means that the quota of members within the same "not complete" and thus continue interacting "with him and also other" groups.
"Eventually you will emerge a formal opposition in Libya. We are waiting to see how it develops," he said. The National Transitional Council, based in Benghazi, is led by former Minister of Justice of Libya, Mustafa Abdel Jalil. Crowley also said that the current foreign minister of Libya, Mussa Kussa, has telephoned the deputy secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman to discuss "the situation in Libya from the point of view of Qaddafi's regime" , in a conversation "very soon." United States continues its humanitarian mission on the border between Libya and Tunisia, which has invested 30 million dollars to buy equipment, to provide essential emergency and transporting third country nationals.
On Monday, the mission hoped to evacuate more than 2,000 people, including 140 Bangladeshis and 452 Ghanaians for tomorrow repatriate another 1,100 people, including citizens of Bangladesh, Ghana and Egypt, said Crowley. To monitor the operation, arrived today in Tunis on Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration, Eric Schwartz, and deputy administrator for Democracy and Humanitarian Assistance U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID), Nancy Lindborg. On Thursday, they will move to Egypt to continue coordinating with government officials and representatives of international and nongovernmental organizations the U.S. response to the estimated 200,000 people have fled Libya since the beginning of the riots in February.
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