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| Identifier: | 97ROME4528 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 97ROME4528 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Rome |
| Created: | 1997-05-21 14:00:00 |
| Classification: | UNCLASSIFIED |
| Tags: | PREL XI LY IT |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
R 211400Z MAY 97 FM AMEMBASSY ROME TO SECSTATE WASHDC 7570 INFO AMCONSUL NAPLES AMCONSUL MILAN AMCONSUL FLORENCE ALL EUROPEAN UNION POST COLLECTIVE AMEMBASSY TUNIS AMEMBASSY RABAT AMEMBASSY NIAMEY AMEMBASSY NDJAMENA AMEMBASSY ALGIERS AMEMBASSY CAIRO
UNCLAS ROME 004528 E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL, XI, LY, IT SUBJECT: QADHAFI JUST WANTS TO BE FRIENDS WITH EUROPE THE ITALIAN NEWS SERVICE ANSA DATELINED TRIPOLI MAY 19 REPORTED THAT LIBYAN LEADER QADHAFI PUBLICLY SAID HE IS READY TO UPHOLD A ''FRIENDSHIP WITH EUROPE'' BASED ON RECIPROCAL RESPECT AND INDEPENDENCE FROM THE U.S. ACCORDING TO ANSA, QADHAFI SAID THAT HE IS ''IN LINE WITH THE THINKING OF EUROPEAN LEADERS WHO WOULD LIKE INDEPENDENCE FROM THE UNITED STATES.'' HE ADDED THAT HE ''SUPPORTS THE FRENCH PRESIDENT AND THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR WHO ARE AT THE HEAD OF THIS EUROPEAN MOVEMENT AWAY FROM AMERICAN CONTROL, AND WHO REPRESENT THE NUCLEUS OF THE EUROPEAN MILITARY FORCE (EUROFORCE).'' QADHAFI ALSO AGAIN CALLED FOR ARAB UNITY, SAYING THAT ''IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ARAB COUNTRIES TO CREATE THEIR OWN POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND MILITARY FORCE, AND TO ESTABLISH RELATIONS WITH EUROPE. WE WILL SUPPORT THIS PROCESS.'' BARTHOLOMEW
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