London, March 11: The Libyan interim Transitional National Council says the UK government will soon join France in recognizing revolutionary administration as Libya’s legitimate government.
A spokesperson for the Provisional Transitional National Council of Libya in Benghazi, the capital of the revolution, said the council’s representatives were in talks with Britain, among other European countries to recognize the Libyan revolutionary council.
Iman Bugaighis described the talks with the British officials as “favorable.”
Bugaighis appreciated France, in particular, for dismissing Muammar Qaddafi’s rule and recognizing the council as the “only legitimate representative of the Libyan people.”
“We thank the French government for being the first to recognise the Libyan revolutionary council,” Bugaighis said. “We will not forget the role of France. We will remember it long after the revolution is over.”
Bugaighis said the Council hoped that recognition would open the way to financial and even military assistance to prosecute the campaign against Qaddafi.
“We are working with Britain, Germany, Turkey,” said the spokesperson.
“We want all these countries to recognise us. Negotiations with the British have been very favorable. We want the legitimacy of recognition from them because we believe that with France they can lead opinion in Europe”, said Bugaighis.
Libya’s revolutionary leadership hopes to use diplomatic recognition to take control of the country’s financial assets abroad and revenues from oil exports.
——–Agencies