African mediators fine-tune Libyan peace roadmap
AFP
MALABO- African leaders mediating the Libyan conflict adopted proposals for a political solution to the crisis that are based on a roadmap drawn up in March and to be presented to Thursday's summit, they said.
The committee of five presidents, including Jacob Zuma of South Africa and Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania, reviewed late Wednesday developments in Libya since the panel's last meeting last week, a statement said.
"It adopted, within the context of the AU roadmap, a set of proposals for a framework agreement on a political solution to the crisis in Libya, to be submitted to the Assembly of the Union, for its support," it said.
The mediators -- who also include Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo and Mali leader Amadou Toumani Toure -- studied options for a "peaceful solution", African Union peace commission commissioner Ramtame Lamamara told AFP.
Components of the roadmap included humanitarian aspects, a ceasefire, an inclusive and consensual transition and "political reforms necessary to eliminate the causes of the current crisis," he said.
African Union Commission chairman Jean Ping said the grouping stood by its roadmap released March 10.
The rebels fighting Moamer Kadhafi have rejected the plan unless the leader steps down. The African Union announced at the weekend that he had agreed to stay out of negotiations to end the deadly conflict that erupted mid-February.
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The mediators -- who also include Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo and Mali leader Amadou Toumani Toure -- studied options for a "peaceful solution", African Union peace commission commissioner Ramtame Lamamara told AFP.
Components of the roadmap included humanitarian aspects, a ceasefire, an inclusive and consensual transition and "political reforms necessary to eliminate the causes of the current crisis," he said.
African Union Commission chairman Jean Ping said the grouping stood by its roadmap released March 10.
The rebels fighting Moamer Kadhafi have rejected the plan unless the leader steps down. The African Union announced at the weekend that he had agreed to stay out of negotiations to end the deadly conflict that erupted mid-February.
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