{"id":358229,"date":"2011-04-01T14:37:58","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T14:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/libya-british-govt-meets-gaddafi-envoy\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T14:37:58","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T14:37:58","slug":"libya-british-govt-meets-gaddafi-envoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/libya-british-govt-meets-gaddafi-envoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya: British Govt Meets Gaddafi Envoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"39.383096640111\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/7305b8cerfi-logo-en.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" title=\"Visit Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p> 1 April 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>British officials met a top Libyan regime aide in London and gave him a &#8220;strong message&#8221; that Moamer Kadhafi must step down as leader, a UK government source said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The source, who spoke to the AFP news agency on condition of anonymity, said officials made contact with Mohammed Ismail while he was visiting his family in London recently.<\/p>\n<p>A key confidant of Saif al-Islam, Kadhafi&#8217;s powerful son, Ismail also represented Libya in arms purchase negotiations.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>British newspaper The Guardian suggests that the meeting covered the idea of a possible exit strategy for Kadhafi, and that other such meetings have taken place over the last two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Foreign Office has refused to confirm or deny Ismail&#8217;s visit.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Germany&#8217;s foreign minister said today that the situation in Libya cannot be solved by military means.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There can only be a political solution and we must get the political process underway. That should begin with a ceasefire that Kadhafi must heed,&#8221; Guido Westerwelle told reporters after a meeting in Beijing with his Chinese counterpart.<\/p>\n<p><i><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\/20110401-britain-tells-libyan-envoy-kadhafi-must-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read or Listen to this story on the RFI website<\/a><\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/7305b8cerfi-logo-en.jpg-150x50.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201104010788.html\" title=\"Libya: British Govt Meets Gaddafi Envoy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Libya: British Govt Meets Gaddafi Envoy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 1 April 2011 British officials met a top Libyan regime aide in London and gave him a &#8220;strong message&#8221; that Moamer Kadhafi must step down as leader, a UK government source said Friday. The source, who spoke to the AFP news agency on condition of anonymity, said officials made contact with Mohammed Ismail while he was visiting his family in London recently. A key confidant of Saif al-Islam, Kadhafi&#8217;s powerful son, Ismail also represented Libya in arms purchase negotiations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-358229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Libya: British Govt Meets Gaddafi Envoy - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/libya-british-govt-meets-gaddafi-envoy\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Libya: British Govt Meets Gaddafi Envoy - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"1 April 2011 British officials met a top Libyan regime aide in London and gave him a &quot;strong message&quot; that Moamer Kadhafi must step down as leader, a UK government source said Friday. 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