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Envoys dangle defection offers to Gadhafi allies

05 April 2011 17:31 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Diplomats say they’re hammering out an offer to sway Moammar Gadhafi’s family and key aides into publicly withdrawing their support for the Libyan strongman, APA reports quoting news.yahoo.com website.
Gadhafi’s seven sons, one daughter, cousins and other close allies will be offered a chance to reclaim billions of dollars of seized funds and have travel bans against them lifted.
Britain’s Foreign Office said Tuesday that diplomats are in talks with partners in the European Union over sanctions imposed by the 27-nation bloc.
The United Nations will also hold talks if any of those named under its sanctions chooses to break with Gadhafi.
The move follows a decision Monday by the U.S. Treasury to lift sanctions against Moussa Koussa, the former Libyan foreign minister who fled Tripoli and is providing information to British officials.