Libya's Gaddafi agrees to peace plan

Libya's Gaddafi agrees to peace plan

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has agreed to a “roadmap to peace” proposed by the African Union at a meeting in Tripoli.

South African President, said this after a meeting of the AU with Gaddafi.

Mr Zuma, who has left Libya due to other commitments, said that other members of the African Union delegation would remain in Tripoli overnight before travelling west to rebel-held Benghazi.

Call for ceasefire

African Union Spokesman, Noureddine Mezni, told newsmen that the plan presented by the African Union calls for an “immediate” ceasefire, the facilitation of humanitarian aid to whoever needs it and the protection of foreign nationals in Libya.

Mezni said that the plan also called for the adoption and implementation of political reforms that meet the Libyan people’s “legitimate aspirations” for democracy, justice, security, peace and socio- economic development.

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The British-based representative of the Libyan opposition leadership, Guma al-Gamaty, said that they would look carefully at the AU plan, but that any deal designed to keep Colonel Gaddafi or his sons in place would not be acceptable.

So far, the leaders of the uprising have rejected any ceasefire plan which involves leaving either Gaddafi or his sons in power.

The AU delegation includes three other African leaders: Mali's Amadou Toumani Toure, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania and Congo's Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo.

BBC/Williams