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Photo: Secretary of the GPC Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi, R, and Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz.
Tripoli-Switzerland publicly and officially apologized to Libya on Thursday for the unjustified arrest of Libyan diplomat Hannibal Muammar Al-Qathafi and his family by the Geneva police on 15 July 2008, the Libyan news agency JANA reported on.
Switzerland also apologized for actions undertaken by other Swiss officials, JANA said.
In an agreement signed by the Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz in Tripoli on Thursday and the Secretary of the GPC Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi, Switzerland committed itself not to repeat such actions against Libyan officials and citizens.
Switzerland also said in the agreement that it will improve the treatment of Libyans and facilitate their procedures, reported the Libyan news agency.
"We are apologizing for what happened to Hannibal Gaddafi and the two sides agreed to form a committee to discuss the matter," Merz told reporters in Tripoli.
Al-Baghdadi said the apology and visit by the Swiss President was a beginning to addressing the matter.
"Both countries agree to set up independent arbitration to investigate the circumstances of the arrest," Merz's statement said.
Merz landed in Tripoli earlier in the day Thursday and met with Al-Mahmoudi for closed-door talks.
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| Name:
Mario Meier |
Date: 26/08/2009 15:42:20 |
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What about the hostages? May they leave soon Libya or someone is joking...?
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| Name:
all swiss |
Date: 26/08/2009 22:58:42 |
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of course there has never been a true and honest apologize - and will never be. what will you do, if your commander in chief wishes this and takes hostages? it was the only way to get these men away.
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| Name:
Fredy Boos |
Date: 27/08/2009 07:28:27 |
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Open your heart for innoncent people and condemn the responsible.
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| Name:
Hopeman |
Date: 28/08/2009 09:57:31 |
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At least the airplane of the Swiss President was able to come back to Switzerland, the hostages are still in Libya.
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| Name:
robert klarer |
Date: 30/08/2009 18:37:45 |
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we really hope that the two swiss citizens held in tripoli as hostages are in good health and can return home safe and sound. their baggage already is here, at least ;-)
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| Name:
Daniel Schmid |
Date: 09/03/2009 10:16:13 |
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Dear Leader of the Revolution, you as a man of honor, please give us back our business people. We all make mistakes, we also apologised for it! What we have to do, you really accept our apology? Thx...
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| Name:
schneider |
Date: 13/09/2009 21:36:31 |
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And what about the way hannibal treats his domestics, beating them.
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