LIBYA: British Foreign Secretary William Hague vists Libyan rebel stronghold in Benghazi, update

Record ID: 739279

  • Title: LIBYA: British Foreign Secretary William Hague vists Libyan rebel stronghold in Benghazi, update
  • Date: 5th June 2011
  • Summary: BENGHAZI, LIBYA (JUNE 4, 20011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY WILLIAM HAGUE AND SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ANDREW MITCHELL ARRIVING VARIOUS OF HAGUE AND MITCHELL VISITING SQUARE IN BENGHAZI VARIOUS OF MITCHELL AND HAGUE WALKING IN STREET VISITING DELEGATION TALKING TO PEOPLE INCLUDING A WOMAN FUNERAL OF VICTIM WHICH HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE VISIT OF HAGUE AND MITCHELL PEOPLE CHANTING 'THE BLOOD OF MARTYRS WON'T GO TO WASTE' AS THEY WRAPPED THE VICTIM WITH FLAG
  • Embargoed: 20th June 2011 13:00
  • Keywords:
  • Location: Libya
  • Country: Libya
  • Topics: War / Fighting,International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA8CBKICQNYOZ0WBUPHFXG20BW5
  • Story Text: British Foreign Secretary William Hague visited the Libyan city of Benghazi on Saturday (June 4) for talks with opposition figures and to show support for the opposition fighting to oust Muammar Gaddafi from power.
    He is the first British minister to visit the rebel stronghold.
    On arrival, he walked through one of Benghazi's main squares with his colleague, the British Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell.
    Mr Hague talked to several local people, including a woman.
    At the same time as their walkabout, a funeral procession began for a rebel victim of the conflict, with people chanting, "The blood of the martyrs won't go to waste".
    Mr Hague's surprise visit to Libya came just hours after British apache attack helicopters flew their first mission over the country.
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