Reply #15: The Guardian liveblogs Cameron/Sarkozy remarks in Benghazi [View All]

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4.14pm: Here is a picture of Nicolas Sarkozy, Mustafa Abdul Jalil and David Cameron in Benghazi this afternoon.


Photograph: BBC News

Today has been a PR triumph for the leaders of Britain and France, and they look like they know it.


4.06pm: Sarkozy is out of the crowd and waving to the crowds.


4.05pm: Sarkozy is now out in the crowd, rock star-style. Some of the security staff look a bit worried.


4.04pm: National Transitional Council chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil pins a badge of the new Libyan flag to William Hague's lapel.


4.03pm: You have shown us your courage. We need a new courage for forgiveness and reconciliation, Sarkozy says. Long live the friendship between Libya and France. And that's it from both leaders.


4.03pm: We want a united not a divided Libya, Sarkozy says.


4.02pm: France, Great Britain and Europe are with you, he tells the Benghazi crowd.


4.01pm: Nicolas Sarkozy is speaking now, also getting an incredible reception.


4.00pm: The two leaders are really getting a hero's welcome in Benghazi.

"It is great to be here in a free Benghazi. People in Britain salute your courage ... you showed the world you can get rid of dictator," Cameron told the cheering crowd.

Cameron said Gaddafi wanted to hunt the rebels down like rats, but they showed the courage of lions.


3.59pm: David Cameron is speaking in Benghazi, Libya, now, alongside Nicolas Sarkozy.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2011/sep/15/libya-world-leaders-visit-tripoli