世界领导人讨论利比亚的后卡扎菲时代

世界领导人星期四在法国讨论卡扎菲之后利比亚的未来。俄罗斯成为最新承认全国过渡委员会为利比亚合法政府的国家。在巴黎举行的这次会议云集了60个国家的官员，其中包括几个月来支持利比亚全国过渡委员会的国家和还没有承认这个临时当局的国家。有关官员希望全国过渡委员会领导人贾利勒拟出一个在18个月期间制订新宪法和举行选举的路线图。

与会领导人包括北约秘书长拉斯穆森、联合国秘书长潘基文和美国国务卿，会议是由英国首相卡梅伦和法国总统萨科齐主持的。中国和俄罗斯也向这次会谈派出代表。两国曾经批评北约根据联合国保护平民的授权对利比亚进行的空袭行动。俄罗斯外交部星期四说，俄罗斯承认全国过渡委员会为利比亚的“执政当局”，并注意到该委员会的改革计划。法国星期四说，在向联合国安理会制裁委员会提出请求后，已获批准解冻曾被冻结的20多亿美元的利比亚资产。安理会制裁委员会还批准了英国和美国提出的类似请求，同意用超过30亿美元被没收的利比亚资产来应对紧急人道主义需求。

World leaders are gathering in France Thursday to discuss Libya's future after Moammar Gadhafi, as Russia became the latest country to recognize the National Transitional Council ((NTC)) as the country's legitimate authority. The conference in Paris brings together officials from 60 countries, including those that have backed the NTC for months as well as those that have not recognized the provisional authority. Officials expect NTC leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil to outline an 18-month roadmap to creating a new constitution and holding elections.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, U.N. chief Ban Ki-Moon and U.S. Secretary of State are among the leaders attending the meeting hosted by British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. China and Russia, which have criticized NATO's campaign of airstrikes in Libya carried out under a U.N. mandate to protect civilians, are also sending representatives to the talks. Russia's Foreign Ministry said Thursday it recognizes the NTC as Libya's "ruling authority" and notes the council's reform plans. France said Thursday it has been cleared to release more than $2 billion in frozen Libyan assets after appealing to the sanctions committee of U.N. Security Council. The committee has already approved similar appeals by Britain and the United States, releasing a total of more than $3 billion in seized Libyan assets to address urgent humanitarian needs.