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The National Transitional Council (NTC), representing the rebellion against the regime of Moamer Kadhafi, was to detail its plans for a transition during the meeting.
"It's about how we are going to collectively help to prepare the NTC to govern. It's just a fact that countries are starting to look past Kadhafi. He's going to go, and the meeting can be a useful place to take stock, prepare for that transition," the official said.
The United States hoped for an NTC "roadmap, which we hope and expect will be for a democratic Libya, an inclusive process that includes all parts of Libyan society."
The contact group includes all the countries taking part in NATO's military campaign against the Kadhafi regime. It was due Friday to coordinate aid to the rebels and look into the possibility of a political solution to the conflict.
Hours before the Istanbul meeting, Washington remained skeptical of the diplomatic contacts that the French government said it had had with Tripoli.
Another official travelling with Clinton said: "We are not persuaded yet that any of this is persuasive in terms of the red lines that we have laid out" (end to the violence and departure of Kadhafi).
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"It's about how we are going to collectively help to prepare the NTC to govern. It's just a fact that countries are starting to look past Kadhafi. He's going to go, and the meeting can be a useful place to take stock, prepare for that transition," the official said.
The United States hoped for an NTC "roadmap, which we hope and expect will be for a democratic Libya, an inclusive process that includes all parts of Libyan society."
The contact group includes all the countries taking part in NATO's military campaign against the Kadhafi regime. It was due Friday to coordinate aid to the rebels and look into the possibility of a political solution to the conflict.
Hours before the Istanbul meeting, Washington remained skeptical of the diplomatic contacts that the French government said it had had with Tripoli.
Another official travelling with Clinton said: "We are not persuaded yet that any of this is persuasive in terms of the red lines that we have laid out" (end to the violence and departure of Kadhafi).
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