Libya Says Compliance Rewards Have Been Few
Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi said Tuesday that his country had been poorly rewarded for pledging to renounce nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and that other countries had little incentive to follow suit.
Last December, Libya pledged to abandon the weapons, ending its international isolation. Kadafi told the French newspaper Le Figaro he was disappointed that the United States, Europe and Japan had not given Libya more security guarantees in return.
“If we are not recompensed, other countries will not follow our example and dismantle their programs,” Kadafi said on the eve of a two-day visit to Libya by French President Jacques Chirac. The interview is to be published in Le Figaro today.
Kadafi, who has patched up relations with Europe and the United States after decades of hostility, said Libya should receive “peaceful technology.”
The European Union agreed in September to lift all sanctions on Libya, just days after Washington revoked a broad trade embargo.
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