VOL. XLIII

No. 51

18-December-2000

LIBYA

Italy Criticizes US Over Libyan Travel Ban And Sanctions

Following a meeting with Libyas Foreign Minister Mohammed Abderrahmane Chalgam in Rome on 13 December, Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini expressed his satisfaction with recent efforts of the Libyan Government while criticizing the US for its continuing hard line toward the North African state. It seems to me that great progress has been made, he said, adding that it is now fully recognized that...