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Gaddafi tell EU he wants to normalise relations

Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi has called European Commission President Romano Prodi to say he longs to normalise relations after agreeing to compensate the families of victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, the EU head office said today.

Gaddafi tell EU he wants to normalise relations

Mon, 18 Aug, 2003 - 15:12

Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi has called European Commission President Romano Prodi to say he longs to normalise relations after agreeing to compensate the families of victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, the EU head office said today.

"President Gaddafi telephoned the (EU Commission) president last night and filled him in on the developments in the negotiations" about a £1.6bn (€2.3bn) compensation deal for the Lockerbie victims, EU spokesman Michael Mann said.

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