LIBYA: Portugal's Foreign Minister Paulo Portas predicts stable future

Record ID: 830904

  • Title: LIBYA: Portugal's Foreign Minister Paulo Portas predicts stable future
  • Date: 21st March 2012
  • Summary: TRIPOLI, LIBYA (MARCH 20, 2012) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF NATIONAL TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL (NTC) HEADQUARTERS LIBYAN AND PORTUGUESE FLAGS PORTUGUESE FOREIGN MINISTER PAULO PORTAS AND PORTUGUESE DELEGATION ARRIVING HEAD OF NTC, MUSTAFA ABDUL JALEEL, RECEIVING PORTAS AND MEMBERS OF HIS DELEGATION ABDUL JALEEL SHAKING HANDS WITH PORTAS VARIOUS OF ABDUL JALEEL AND PORTAS SEATED PORTUGUESE DELEGATION PORTAS AND DELEGATION LEAVING / SHAKING HANDS WITH ABDUL JALEEL VARIOUS OF PORTAS ATTENDING MEETING WITH FEMALE POLITICAL ACTIVISTS PORTAS TALKING TO JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (English) PORTUGUESE FOREIGN MINISTER, PAULO PORTAS, SAYING: "Portugal (stood) for freedom in Libya. We recognised the National Transitional Council, we voted the resolution in the United Nations and we trust transition for democracy." JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (English) PORTUGUESE FOREIGN MINISTER, PAULO PORTAS, SAYING: "Libya is going to have an elected government, it's going to build institutions and it's going to create -- to write a new constitution -- a constitution I would say. So with an elected government, with a parliament with democratic legitimacy and with a constitution, you have all the conditions to stabilise Libya."
  • Embargoed: 5th April 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Libya, Libya
  • Country: Libya
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA1YGW7E9RS534K4VJ201YVQGRK
  • Story Text: The Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Portas visited Tripoli on Tuesday (March 20) meeting the head of the National Transitional Council (NTC) Mustafa Abdul Jaleel.
    Portas said with a new constitution and elected government conditions would be right for Libya to stabilise.
    "Libya is going to have an elected government, it's going to build institutions and it's going to create -- to write a new constitution -- a constitution I would say. So with an elected government, with a parliament with democratic legitimacy and with a constitution, you have all the conditions to stabilise Libya."
    During his visit, Portas also met a delegation of female political activists.
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