David Welch, Assistant to The US Secretary of State Finishes Visit

23/08/2007

Assistant US Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch wrapped up his visit to Libya on Wednesday (August 22nd). Welch said there are no obstacles to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Libya and reportedly he and Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel Rahman Shalgam agreed to create "joint committees to develop co-operation in the economic, scientific and cultural sectors". According to Ahmad al-Fituri, Secretary for American Affairs at Libya’s Foreign Ministry, Welch also went to Benghazi to meet the son of Libyan leader Muammar Kadhafi, Seif al-Islam, but no details on the talks were available.

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