Hague: we handed over memorandums to the Governments of Niger and Burkina Faso in particular (European - Archive)
Warned the British Foreign Secretary William Hague, the neighboring countries of Libya on Monday of the consequences of harboring Colonel Muammar Gaddafi or members of his entourage charged by the International Criminal Court for war crimes.
The high in the Libyan capital Tripoli, "we have made great efforts to remind the other countries in Africa in its responsibilities to arrest and hand over to Libya, the International Criminal Court or any of those persons who enter their territory."
He told Reuters - on his way to Morocco - "We made submissions to the Governments of Niger and Burkina Faso in particular, but we do not know where there is al-Gaddafi, so we can not resolve the matter at the present time."
He went high, "we will continue to assist in the search for them," without specifying the form of such assistance.
The Government believes that the new Gaddafi is hiding somewhere in the vast deserts of Libya, but some of his relatives and adult allies crossed the border into neighboring Chad and Algeria.
And British air forces helped in preventing Gaddafi crush the popular uprising against his regime, and opponents said that the British special forces were on the ground, Britain does not track the whereabouts of those forces.
Prisoners and moneySaid Haig - who visited Libya on the occasion of the appointment of a new British ambassador - he raised the issue of alleged abuse of prisoners by the new rulers, who took on Tripoli in August / August to end the rule of Gaddafi's 42-year-old.
"They say that there were some cases, they are determined to take action so strong about it."
And issued international human rights groups reports documenting cases of ill-treatment, prisoners have been suspected of loyalty to Gaddafi.
The official said the United Nations human rights Mona Rishmawi last Friday that "there are many cases of abuse", which is estimated at seven thousand cases occurred in temporary prisons all over Libya.
On the other hand, said Haig "We will raise them to freeze more money when they need it and when they become ready for use, they actually are not ready for use now."
He pointed out that there are assets worth about ten billion pounds sterling (about $ 16 billion) are still frozen in Britain.
London will also send the final shipment of Libyan banknotes, worth millions of dollars, and printed in Britain before the conflict, but not delivered because of the sanctions.
Forces continue to the Transitional National Assembly battling pockets of supporters of Gaddafi in Sirte, which prevents the country's return to normalcy.
Source: Agencies