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Muammar Qaddafi and Amr Moussa accepts Venezuelan presidentâ€™s talks offer

03 March 2011 12:17 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Muammar Qaddafi has accepted an offer from Venezuela to mediate in Libyaâ€™s political crisis after talks with Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, APA reports quoting Al Jazeera. Nicolas Maduro, Venezuelanâ€™s foreign minister, discussed the offer with Amr Moussa, the head of the Arab League, and that details of the plan could be announced by the Arab League in Cairo on Thursday. But Mustafa Abdel Jalil, the head of the opposition National Libyan Council, said that he rejected entirely the concept of talks with Qaddafi, and said no one been in contact regarding the Venezuelan initiative. The plan would involve a commission from Latin America, Europe and the Middle East trying to reach a negotiated outcome between the Libyan leader and opposition forces which have seized control of large areas of the North African oil-producing country. Moussa has confirmed that a Venezuelan peace plan is "under consideration". In a resolution issued Wednesday, the Arab League called on the Libyan government to respond to the "legitimate demands of the Libyan people" and to stop the bloodshed in the country. Libya’s membership of the organization has been suspended in protest at the crackdown by pro-Qaddafi forces. It also said it could impose a no-fly zone in co-ordination with the African Union in fighting continues. But it has rejected calls for direct outside military intervention in Libya.