Reply #40: Envoy vows US will not meddle in post-Kadhafi Libya

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Senior US State Department official Jeffrey Feltman said after talks in Tripoli on Wednesday that Washington respected the right of Libyans to decide their own future after the ouster of Moamer Kadhafi.

"The United States respects Libya's sovereignty," said Feltman, the highest ranking US official to visit the Libyan capital since its capture from Kadhafi's forces on August 23.

"A guideline of our partnership with the Libyan people will be always be respect for Libya's independence and sovereignty," he told a news conference.

"This is a victory by the Libyan people and Libya's destiny must be decided by Libyans alone."

Feltman, the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, was in Tripoli for a lightning one-day visit during which he held talks with the head of Libya's National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil.

Feltman paid tribute to the work of NTC in overseeing the transition from Kadhafi's 42 years of iron-fisted rule.

http://my.news.yahoo.com/envoy-vows-us-not-meddle-post-kadhafi-libya-144900159.html

Oh my gosh, NATO you lost out. :sarcasm: