Barnieh visited Libya to prepare for Chirac's visit
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The French Foreign Minister Michael Barnieh arrived in Tripoli yesterday and met with the Libyan leader Muammar al-Qathafi in preparations for the visit to be held by the French President Jack Chirac "before ...
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Tony Blair is to visit Libya later, at the start of a week-long trip to Africa before he steps down as prime minister.
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TRIPOLI: President Jacques Chirac, who arrived in Libya yesterday on the first visit by a French head of state, expressed the desire for a &quot;true partnership&quot; with Tripoli after years of &quot;heavy turbulence&quot;.
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France's first lady was in Libya on Monday for a second day of secretive talks to try to secure the repatriation of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will host Libya's foreign minister on Thursday -- the first visit by the top Tripoli diplomat since 1972 -- in a sign of warmer ties between the former foes.
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France's first lady, CÃ©cilia Sarkozy, yesterday made her first foray into international diplomacy, travelling alone to Libya for talks with Colonel Muammar Gadafy and meeting the Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death for allegedly infecting children with HIV.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has met Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on a historic visit, described by officials in Berlin as a new start in relations.
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TRIPOLI, Libya (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin met Moammar Gadhafi on Sunday, the latest in a string of world leaders to visit Tripoli following the Libyan strongman's renunciation of terrorism.
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France sent its Foreign Minister Michel Barnier to Egypt on the first stage of a visit to the Middle East to discuss the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq, Agence France-Presse reported.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair flew in to oil-rich Libya at the start of an African tour for talks with Moamer Kadhafi on a visit expected to see a major energy deal sealed.
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Canada's prime minister is in Libya for talks - the latest leader to go there since sanctions were lifted.
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Libya and the EU say relations can improve after the release of six Bulgarian medics, as the French head prepares to visit.
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Tripoli, Nov. 25 (NNN) : In a historic development, President Jacques Chirac of France has made the first visit to Libya by a French leader since 1951.
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PARIS, Nov 24  - France&#39;s military intervention in Ivory Coast was a mistake, Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi said Wednesday in an interview published ahead of President Jacques Chirac&#39;s visit to Tripoli.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said that Libya is an interlocutor that can't be missed and should find its place in the "concert of Nations" as well as in the region.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin is heading off on a pre-Christmas trip to Libya.
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Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha is starting Wednesday a three-day visit to France, the government information service said.