Bern, Switzerland/New York, NY, USA (GenevaLunch) – Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz and Libyan leader Muammar Qadaffi met in New York on the fringes of the UN General Assembly, to discuss the fate of the two Swiss businessmen who have been detained in Libya since July 2008. Qadaffi, the Swiss foriegn affairs ministry says in a Thursday noon, 24 September press release, is taking up their cause himself: “The Leader of the Revolution assured President Merz that he would commit himself personally to bringing about their release.”
The men were widely understood in Switzerland to be able to return to the country by the end of August 2009, but Libya has to date not released them, claiming administrative delays.
Libya Wednesday 23 September dropped its civil case against Geneva, pending the outcome of a three-person international arbitration tribunal. The tribunal is reviewing charges by Libya related to the arrest of Hannibal Qadaffi and his wife Aline in July 2008, at a hotel in Geneva.
News story, GenevaLunch, 24 September 2009.
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One Response to “Qadaffi commits himself to releasing two Swiss men detained in Libya”
September 24th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Realising that his approach towards convincing , the other world leaders, on the many issues of reforms expected of the UN is very unpopular, he (Gadaffi )has no other choice, but to begin another long hard road to proving that he is not infact a problem to the rest of the world.This is indeed the very first step into that “new long walk”.
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