Moscow recognizes Libyan rebel council - Foreign Ministry

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Source: RIA Novosti

Russia has recognized the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) as the only legitimate power in the country, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

Russia hailed the NTC's course on reforms, including the establishing of a new constitution, carrying out nationwide elections and forming a new government.

Over 60 foreign delegations gathered on Thursday in Paris at an international conference of "friends of Libya" to discuss Libya's future in the post-Gaddafi era.

Russia's envoy to Africa, Mikhail Margelov, who heads the Russian delegation at the Paris talks, said the new Libyan government vowed that all the Russian-Libyan contracts that had been signed during Muammar Gaddafi's reign, would remain operational and be strictly adhered to.

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[EFerrari]

1. I just read on Twitter that South Africa plans to sit out. n/t