LIBYA HAS DENIED SUGGESTIONS BY A NEW YORK LAW FIRM THAT IT OFFERED $2...

World | May 29, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Libya has denied suggestions by a New York law firm that it offered $2.7bn to compensate the families of the 1988 Lockerbie disaster as part of a deal to lift sanctions. "Libya has nothing to do with this so-called agreement and is not a party to it," an official statement said. However, it conceded that Libyan businessmen and lawyers had held talks with lawyers of the families, though it said it had not been informed officially.

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