SOUTH AFRICA: President Jacob Zuma hosts an African Union meeting to discuss ways in which they propose to include Gaddafi loyalists in Tripoli's new government

Record ID: 452807

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: President Jacob Zuma hosts an African Union meeting to discuss ways in which they propose to include Gaddafi loyalists in Tripoli's new government
  • Date: 15th September 2011
  • Summary: PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA (SEPTEMBER 14, 2011) (REUTERS) MEDIA WAITING OUTSIDE THE PRESIDENTIAL GUESTHOUSE MORE MEDIA WAITING OUTSIDE AU FLAG ARRIVAL OF PRESIDENT OF CONGO BRAZZAVILLE, DENIS SASSOU NGUESSO IN MOTORCADE CONGO BRAZZAVILLE FLAG CONGO PRESIDENT GETTING OUT OF CAR / CONGO PRESIDENT WALKING INTO GUESTHOUSE UGANDA PRESIDENT YOWERI MUSEVENI ARRIVING AND WALKS IN PRESIDENTS POSING FOR PICTURES VARIOUS OF PRESIDENTS SEATED IN MEETING PRESIDENT ZUMA SITTING UGANDAN PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SEATED WITH AU CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT TEDORO OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA MEETING IN PROGRESS
  • Embargoed: 30th September 2011 13:00
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  • Location: South Africa, South Africa
  • Country: South Africa
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA1W2MRWZV4O4JEJPWBUJ9JJGLS
  • Story Text: South African President Jacob Zuma is hosting an African Union meeting in Pretoria on Wednesday (September 14) to discuss ways of pressuring Tripoli's new rulers to allow loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi, a Zuma ally, to be included in the country's transitional process.
    The meeting included senior figures from Uganda, Mauritania, Mali and Congo-Brazzaville.
    The African Union, for years lavished with money from Gaddafi's regime, is still refusing to recognise the new leadership in Tripoli and stood by Gaddafi during the civil war when most of the developed world sided with the pro-democracy movement seeking an end to his 42-year rule.
    Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda arrived in Pretoria for the talks with Mauritania's foreign minister and Mali's ambassador to Pretoria.
    Although about 20 African countries have recognised the National Transitional Council (NTC) in Libya, the AU as a body has so far refused to do so, calling for an inclusive government in Tripoli, which is now under the control of NTC forces.
    During the talks, the leaders will review the progress of the outcome of the AU Peace and Security Council meeting, which was held last month.
    President Zuma visited Gaddafi twice during the six-month war in an attempt to broker a Gaddafi-backed AU peace deal, but Libya's opposition at the time said no roadmap could ever work if Gaddafi's exit wasn't a part of the deal.
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