adminand rebel representatives, airport sources said.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s special envoy, former Jordanian foreign minister Abdul Ilah al-Khatib, told the official TAP news agency he had met “representatives of the National Transition Council and the Libyan government.” Amid growing speculation over reports that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s government was on its last legs, Khatib stressed however that his meetings “were not part of official negotiations.” He did not specify whether he met the rival sides together or separately. Sources close to Tunisia’s security establishment said on Monday that Libya’s feuding parties had been holding talks in the northern Tunisian resort of Djerba. Libya’s rebels, who are gaining growing international recognition and this week claimed significant military breakthroughs, denied holding direct neogiotations with Gaddafi’s government. However, another security source in Djerba yesterday said that Libyan representatives from all sides had been shuttling for three days between Ras Jdir on the Libyan-Tunisian border and Djerba.
“They meet secretly, change hotels all the time and move around in civilian cars,” the official told AFP on condition of anonymity. – AFP.
The National Transition Council’s representative in France, Mansour Saif al-Nasr, said Khatib had met with Libyan figures who belonged to neither camp.
The United Nations said Monday it was not aware of any direct negotiations and stressed that its envoy was not involved in any such talks.
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