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TRIPOLI | Fri Mar 4, 2011 5:19pm EST

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim said on Friday the government had accepted a peace initiative put forward by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

His statement followed an apparent rejection of the plan by Saif al Islam, a son of Muammar Gaddafi, who said on Thursday he appreciated the offer but there was no need for help from Venezuela.

Kaim said the Chavez initiative stated a committee would be formed by African, Asian and Latin American countries "to help the international dialogue and to help the restoration of peace and stability."

"We have said that Libya has accepted the initiative of Hugo Chavez of Venezuela," Kaim told reporters.

(Reporting by Maria Golovnina; writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; editing by Philippa Fletcher)
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AspenFreePress wrote:
What a joke! Protestors will never accept any plan that keeps Gaddafi in power. Sterling Greenwood/AspenFreePress

Mar 04, 2011 3:42pm EST  --  Report as abuse
EveDeVubbet wrote:
A stalling tactic at best.

Hopefully the committees would be made up of those who truly want the
best for the people. Democracy, mercy, compassion, and compromise
and stop oppression.

The future is here. All nations would benefit.

Mar 04, 2011 3:58pm EST  --  Report as abuse
Elagilista wrote:
The Chavez plan has only one objective to buy time for a tyrant until he can crush the people. Perhaps when the Venezuelan people have finally tired of Chavez he can be saved by a Gadaffi plan.

Mar 04, 2011 5:59pm EST  --  Report as abuse
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