AL JAZEERA ENGLISH: Libyan envoys meeting officials at the EU headquarters in Brussels as deputy defence minister arrives in Cairo.Libyan envoys are in talks with European Union officials in Brussels, the Belgian capital, while the Libyan deputy defence minister has arrived in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, Al Jazeera has learnt.
The delegation in Brussels is also expected to meet NATO officials in the coming days.
The European Union's 27 foreign ministers will be meeting in Brussels on Thursday in advance of a crisis summit on Libya.
Separately, defence ministers from the 28-member NATO alliance will also gather in Brussels to weigh options on Libya following calls for a no-fly zone to be enforced over the north African country.
Earlier on Wednesday, at least three private jets belonging to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi took off from a military airstrip outside the capital, Tripoli.
There were reports that Abdelrahman al-Zawi, the Libyan deputy defence minister on his way to Cairo, was carrying a message from Gaddafi and was to meet Amr Moussa, head of the Arab League.
The state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper said al-Zawi was to meet the military council which is ruling Egypt. >>> Source:
Al Jazeera and agencies | Wednesday, March 09, 2011
