Kadhafi had no time to meet Spanish FM

Published July 29th, 2005 - 08:31 GMT

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi failed to meet with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos after the Spaniard had waited around for 10 hours, a Spanish newspaper reported Friday.

 

According to El Pais, Libyan Prime Minister Shukri Ghanem told Moratinos that the Libyan leader had had a full schedule Thursday which included talks with several African leaders. Ghanem reportedly suggested delaying Moratinos' meeting to Friday but the Spanish minister refused.

 

Despite this incident, the Spanish visitor invited Kadhafi to the Euro-Mediterranean summit which will be held in Barcelona later this year, the paper added

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