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Chairman of Libyan opposition's National Transitional Council (CNT) on Saturday hailed the new "position displayed" by Russia which now claims the departure of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and comes in mediating the conflict in Libya. "We welcome the position shown by the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev," said Mustafa Abdel Jalil in a press statement in Benghazi, the opposition's base. "We believe the role of Russia in international affairs, but these relations must take place in a mutual interest and mutual respect," Jalil added. At the G8 summit in France on Friday, Medvedev demanded the departure of Gaddafi by posing itself as a mediator in a war threatening to move toward stalemate. "The world community no longer sees him as the Libyan leader," said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev after the summit. Traditionally opposed to any interference, Russia has raised its reluctance to openly demand the departure of a head of state in functions and has offered to mediate. "I offered our mediation with our partners," Medvedev said. " Everybody thinks it will be useful," he said, announcing the imminent dispatch of an emissary to Benghazi. |
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