EU sends envoys to Libya’s rebel capital

The European Union sent envoys to the rebel-controlled Libyan city of Benghazi on 5 April 2011, as part of efforts by Western countries to establish better contacts with Muammar Gaddafi's opponents.

The mission, led by Agostino Miozzo, a high-ranking diplomat from Catherine Ashton's European External Action Service, is in Benghazi on 6 April 2011 and its supposed to have talks with various opposition groups, the Transitional National Council and NGOs, Ashton's spokesperson said.

• Primary Source

EUObserver, 15.4.11: EU justifies taking Libyan defector off sanctions list http://euobserver.com/9/32188

ESO: Background information: London talks focus on Libya’s future http://www.europeansources.info/record/london-talks-focus-on-libyas-future/

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