Reply #60: Libya regime calls for ceasefire

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Source: Sky News

Updated: 05:25, Friday August 19, 2011


Muammar Gaddafi's tottering regime has called for an immediate ceasefire in Libya and said a peaceful solution was possible, as rebels claimed control of a key oil refinery and warned of a bloodbath in the fight for Tripoli.

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Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi hotly disputed the claim, saying the refinery was 'without doubt' still in loyalists' hands.


Mahmudi told journalists in Tripoli 'the time has arrived for an immediate ceasefire.


'We are ready to begin a dialogue to put an end to the crisis immediately,' Mahmudi added, saying there had been 'contact' in recent days to find a political solution soon.'


'If you are in favour of a peaceful solution, you will get some good news in the coming days,' he said.


A member of the rebels' National Transitional Council (NTC), Wahid Bourchan, said on Wednesday 'discussions' and not negotiations did take place this week between some embattled regime members and its rebel challengers in Tunisia.

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