26 April 2004 - Libya Returns to the International Fold
Libya Returns to the International
Fold
During March, in what was the first visit to Libya by a British Prime
Minister since 1943, Tony Blair held talks with Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
The meeting took place in a traditional Bedouin tent in Tripoli following
Libya's renunciation of weapons of mass destruction in December 2003.
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Timeline: Libya’s relations with the West
April 1984: PC Yvonne Fletcher shot outside Libyan Embassy
in London.
December 1985: Libya accused of airport bombings in Vienna
and Rome.
February 1986: US imposes comprehensive trading sanctions
against Libya.
April 1986: Berlin nightclub frequented by American personnel
bombed and United States launches air strikes on Tripoli and Benghazi.
December 1988: Pan Am flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie
killing 270 people.
March 1992: UN imposes trade sanctions on Libya in response
to the Lockerbie bombing.
April 1999: Libya extradites the two men accused of the Lockerbie
bombing. UN suspends sanctions.
August 2003: Libya formally accepts responsibility for Lockerbie
and agrees to pay compensation to the families.
September 2003: UN Security Council votes to lift sanctions
completely.
December 2003: Gaddafi renounces weapons of mass destruction
programmes.
March 2004: Tony Blair visits Colonel Gaddafi, the first
British prime minister to do so since 1943.
April 2004: British police officers travel to Libya to investigate
the murder of Yvonne Fletcher.
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The graph shows the impact on Libyan trade of the US sanctions imposed
in 1986 and the UN sanctions introduced in 1992
Series of interest
Libyan Exports, US$ Million
Source
IMF's
Direction of Trade Statistics
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BBC Newslink: Blair
hails new Libyan relations
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