U.S. Defense Secretary in Libya ~ Lifting of Sanctions and the release of billions of dollars that were frozen will help in building the new democracy

Snip ~ Said Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations that the lifting of sanctions "will allow the United States and other countries for the release of billions of dollars that were frozen to help the Libyans in building the new democracy."

December 18, 2011

U.S. Defense Secretary holds talks in Tripoli

Reached U.S. Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta, to Tripoli on Saturday in the first visit by a U.S. defense secretary to Libya, where he met with Libyan officials.

He met with Panetta at the start of his visit, which is expected to take several hours, Osama Aljowaily Libyan counterpart, also met the Prime Minister, Abdul Rahim Cape.

He praised Pantia during a joint news conference with the Cape the work done by the Libyans to overthrow Colonel late Muammar Gaddafi, adding: "There will be challenges and there will be difficulties, but I am sure that a country like Libya was able to accomplish what he did and show such courage will conclude at the end of the day to lay the of democracy."

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He emphasized that the United States is prepared to provide all assistance requested by the Libyans, "noting that the sacrifices made by the Libyan people gain the right to self-determination.

And visited the U.S. Secretary of Defense a cemetery, where lies the capital, Tripoli 13 sailors killed a U.S. attack on the destroyer "USS Anterbad" port of Tripoli in 1804 during the so-called war of the Barbary pirates.

It is noteworthy that the United States were the main countries participating in the process of "NATO" that contributed to the overthrow of the late Colonel, Muammar Gaddafi, after more than four decades in power.

Panetta's visit is the second senior U.S. official after Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, on October 18 / October, had been carried out to Tripoli after the forces of the Transitional National Assembly.

The visit of U.S. Secretary of Defense shortly after the UN Security Council lifted the United Nations Friday, the sanctions on the Central Bank of Libya, the Libyan Foreign Bank's him, in a move welcomed by the United States and Britain.

Said Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations that the lifting of sanctions "will allow the United States and other countries for the release of billions of dollars that were frozen to help the Libyans in building the new democracy."

The sanctions were imposed early this year under Security Council resolutions 1970 and 1973 in an attempt to stop the killing of unarmed demonstrators by the forces loyal to the late leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

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