Blair on Landmark Visit to Libya

World | March 25, 2004, Thursday // 00:00

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected today in Libya to meet with Col Muammar Qaddafi. The Tripoli visit follows Libya's decision last December to renounce weapons of mass destruction. The British prime minister's visit has been criticised by some politicians and relatives of some of the 270 people killed in the Lockerbie bombing. Mr Blair has defended his move, saying he was offering "our hand in partnership" to states giving up terror and banned weapons. It is the first visit by a British prime minister since Libya's independence in 1951.

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