adminOn August 25 the green flag of the Libyan Jamahiriya was hauled down, igniting pro- and anti-Gaddafi rallies near the embassy.
For several days the mood inside the embassy building remained unknown. Yesterday, the situation changed to resolute support of the new regime. Dr Amir al-Arabi Ali Gharib, Libyan ambassador to Russia said, “The decision to raise the new flag was taken a week ago, but we decided to get together Libyan students (studying in Moscow) to make a sort of feast instead of simply raising the flag by ourselves. Sooner or later Russia will have to recognise the new regime because Gaddafi’s regime is really gone for good now and the people of Libya have decided to make a new statehood, so we do expect support on the part of Russia,” ambassador claimed.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry will continue to work with the Libyan embassy in Moscow after it changed the national flag.
The embassy sent a notification note to Russia’s Foreign Ministry informing that it had passed under the jurisdiction of the National Transitional Council of Libya.
The red, black and green tricolor flag was used in Libya from 1951 till 1969, when it was changed to the green flag of Libyan Jamahiriya, the only single-coloured flag in the world. – RT.
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