{"id":409942,"date":"2011-04-30T12:46:55","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T12:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/30\/gaddafi-defiant-but-wants-talks\/"},"modified":"2011-04-30T12:46:55","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T12:46:55","slug":"gaddafi-defiant-but-wants-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/30\/gaddafi-defiant-but-wants-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaddafi Defiant But Wants Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"33.6959082455\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><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><\/p>\n<p>30 April 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>A defiant Moamer Kadhafi says he will not quit as Libyan leader, but is ready to hold talks with France and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>In an early-morning speech on Libyan televsion on Saturday, Kadhafi said he had no official functions to give up and would fight to the death.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will not surrender, but I call on you to negotiate,&#8221; he said. &#8220;If you want petrol, we will sign contracts with your companies&#8230;it is not worth going to war over.&#8221; The veteran leader also claimed the rebels fighting his forces were &#8220;terrorists&#8221; from Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Kadhafi&#8217;s regime has threatened to attack any ships trying to enter the lifeline rebel-held port of Misrata after tanks launched an assault on the western city some 215 kilometres east of Tripoli on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The port has become a crucial conduit for humanitarian aid to the city of half a million people which Kadhafi has been trying to capture for more than seven weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Nato said three mines were found in the port early on Friday and were being disarmed.<\/p>\n<p>And Washington has announced that Secretary of State Hlilary Clinton will attend a Libya Contact Group meeting in Rome between 4-6 May to discuss how to help the rebels and protect civilians caught in the fighting.<\/p>\n<p>The Contact Group, which is made up of Western countries, Turkey , Arab states, the United Nations, the Arab League and Nato, was formed in London on 29 March.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\/20110430-kadhafi-wants-talks-will-not-quit-power\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read or Listen to this story on the RFI website<\/a><\/strong><\/em>  <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201104300001.html\" title=\"Gaddafi Defiant But Wants Talks\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gaddafi Defiant But Wants Talks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 30 April 2011 A defiant Moamer Kadhafi says he will not quit as Libyan leader, but is ready to hold talks with France and the United States. 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