Lara Setrakian and Flavia Krause-Jackson
Bloomberg
June 9, 2011
Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, has approached rebels to negotiate an exit from power for his father in the last few days, an aide to National Transitional Council leader Mahmoud Jebril said.
“Of course, he is trying to put some terms. We understand those terms and we know how to play the negotiations,” Mohamed Al Akari told Bloomberg Television today in Abu Dhabi, where foreign ministers from the 22-nation Libya Contact Group are meeting. “We are talking now of the last stage of this operation.”
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Qaddafi won’t be allowed to remain in Libya even though he is “dreaming of staying in the country,” Al Akari said. South Africa is among the countries that might offer him a safe haven, he added.
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