世界領導人討論利比亞的後卡扎菲時代

世界領導人星期四在法國討論卡扎菲之後利比亞的未來。俄羅斯成爲最新承認全國過渡委員會爲利比亞合法政府的國家。在巴黎舉行的這次會議雲集了60個國家的官員，其中包括幾個月來支持利比亞全國過渡委員會的國家和還沒有承認這個臨時當局的國家。有關官員希望全國過渡委員會領導人賈利勒擬出一個在18個月期間制訂新憲法和舉行選舉的路線圖。

與會領導人包括北約祕書長拉斯穆森、聯合國祕書長潘基文和美國國務卿，會議是由英國首相卡梅倫和法國總統薩科齊主持的。中國和俄羅斯也向這次會談派出代表。兩國曾經批評北約根據聯合國保護平民的授權對利比亞進行的空襲行動。俄羅斯外交部星期四說，俄羅斯承認全國過渡委員會爲利比亞的“執政當局”，並注意到該委員會的改革計劃。法國星期四說，在向聯合國安理會制裁委員會提出請求後，已獲批准解凍曾被凍結的20多億美元的利比亞資產。安理會制裁委員會還批准了英國和美國提出的類似請求，同意用超過30億美元被沒收的利比亞資產來應對緊急人道主義需求。

World leaders are gathering in France Thursday to discuss Libya's future after Moammar Gadhafi, as Russia became the latest country to recognize the National Transitional Council ((NTC)) as the country's legitimate authority. The conference in Paris brings together officials from 60 countries, including those that have backed the NTC for months as well as those that have not recognized the provisional authority. Officials expect NTC leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil to outline an 18-month roadmap to creating a new constitution and holding elections.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, U.N. chief Ban Ki-Moon and U.S. Secretary of State are among the leaders attending the meeting hosted by British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. China and Russia, which have criticized NATO's campaign of airstrikes in Libya carried out under a U.N. mandate to protect civilians, are also sending representatives to the talks. Russia's Foreign Ministry said Thursday it recognizes the NTC as Libya's "ruling authority" and notes the council's reform plans. France said Thursday it has been cleared to release more than $2 billion in frozen Libyan assets after appealing to the sanctions committee of U.N. Security Council. The committee has already approved similar appeals by Britain and the United States, releasing a total of more than $3 billion in seized Libyan assets to address urgent humanitarian needs.