Libyan, Egyptian Leaders Resume Lockerbie Talks

Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi discussed his Lockerbie impasse with the West on Saturday in talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that are expected to last at least one more day, presidential sources said.

Kadafi will hold a news conference at the end of his talks with Mubarak on Monday, Egyptian Information Minister Safwat Sharif said. The Libyan leader is due to leave Egypt on Friday.

There was no further word about the progress of the talks.

The U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions on Libya in 1992 for failing to hand over two Libyans accused of planting the bomb that destroyed a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, in December 1988, killing 270 people.

Kadafi said Tuesday that “a final agreement is expected” on a plan to try the suspects under Scottish law in the Netherlands. He had been balking at releasing the pair for trial there.

Kadafi, who has used a crutch since he broke his hip last year, spent the night at an undisclosed location in the desert after crossing the border Friday in a cavalcade of about 200 vehicles.