AhlulBayt News Agency

source : Aljazeera
Thursday

9 June 2011

7:30:00 PM
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Clinton says 'Gaddafi's days are numbered'

Leaders at International Contact Group on Libya meeting in Abu Dhabi pledge $1.3bn for rebel's transitional council.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Muammar Gaddafi's days as leader of Libya are numbered, Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has said at the International Contact Group [ICG] on Libya meeting in Abu Dhabi.

"Gaddafi's days are numbered. We are working with our international partners through the UN to plan for the inevitable: a post-Gaddafi Libya," Clinton said on Thursday.

Clinton also said talks were under way with people close to the Libyan leader and that there was "the potential" for a transition of power in Libya.

"There have been numerous and continuing discussions by people close to Gaddafi and we are aware that those discussions include, among other matters, the potential for a transition," she said.

She gave no further details on the talks, other than to say "there is not any clear way forward yet".

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