Rétablissement des relations diplomatiques de la République Centrafricaine avec la Libye
BANGUI, 14 Juillet 2003 (IRIN) - La RCA et la Libye ont décidé de rétablir leurs liens diplomatiques après quatre mois d'incertitude, a confié à IRIN, mardi, un responsable du gouvernement centrafricain. Le secrétaire d'État aux Affaires étrangères, Charles Wenezoui, a annoncé que le chef de l'État centrafricain, François Bozizé, et son homologue libyen, Mouamar Khadafi, "ont décidé d'établir leur coopération sur une base nouvelle" lorsqu'ils se sont rencontrés lundi à N'djamena, capitale du Tchad. M. Wenezoui a indiqué que les secteurs couverts par cette coopération restaient encore à déterminer.
BANGUI, 9 Jul 2003 (IRIN) - The Central African Republic
(CAR) and Libya have decided to resume diplomatic ties after four months of
uncertainty, a government official told IRIN on Tuesday.
The secretary of state for foreign affairs, Charles Wenezoui, said CAR leader
Francois Bozize and Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi "resolved to build their
cooperation on a new basis" when they met on Monday in N'djamena, the capital of
Chad.
He said the areas of cooperation were yet to be determined. Al-Qadhafi promised
to support Bozize, he added.
Wenezoui had accompanied Bozize in his trip to Chad where he held one hour of
talks with the Libyan head of state.
Libya previously had military and defence accords with the CAR, within the
framework of the Community of Sahelo-Saharan States, known as CEN-SAD.
After a May 2001 coup attempt by former President Andre Kolingba, the CEN-SAD
sent 200 troops to Bangui, the CAR capital, most of whom were from Libya. Their
mission was to protect then President Ange-Felix Patasse, whom Bozize ousted in
a coup on 15 March 2003.
In November 2001, when Bozize first rebelled, and in October 2002, when he
invaded Bangui's northern suburbs, Libyan troops and warplanes contributed to
the removal of Bozize's rebels out of the city.
The CEN-SAD troops were replaced in December 2002 by a peacekeeping force of the
Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States.In its crusade against corruption, Bozize's administration recently seized the
buildings that Patasse's government had yielded to Libya in return for loans.