AD-QADHDHAFI 'FULLY' SATISFIED WITH TRIPOLI SUMMIT

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• Publication Date: December 15, 1977
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The French delegation stressed the desire of the PCF to work without delay for the
creation of. new Algerian-French relations, including an increase in trade exchange,
vast industrial and diversified cooperation, vast scientific and technical
cooperation and the creation of a financial policy that takes into consideration the
importance of the new relations. The establishment of such cooperation conforms with
the interests of the peoples of the two countries. Moreover, this cooperation
contributes toward the establishment of a new international economic order.
The FIN-PCF statement goes on to say: In France the Algerian workers call for a
democratic policy based on equality of rights with French workers and guarantees of
security for all immigrants in order to put an end to the racist campaigns against
them and to respect the national language and culture of the Algerian workers and
their families.
Finally, the FLN-PCF joint statement says that the two delegations recorded with
satisfaction that over a period of 3 years the relations of solidarity and
friendship between the two parties and peoples have acquired a new quality.
LD151022Y Algiers Domestic Service in French 0630 GMT 15 Dec 77 LD
[Excerpt] Mr Georges Marchais, secretary general of the PCF, ended his visit to our
country yesterday. The rest of the French delegation will continue its stay until
18 December.
LD160234Y Algiers Domestic Service in Arabic 2300 GMT 15 Dec 77 LD
[Text] On Thursday Brother Abdelaziz Bouteflika, member of the Council of the
Revolution and foreign minister, held talks in his office with Khalid 'Abdallah
al-Qasimi, the UAE ambassador to Algeria. In particular the discussions covered the
fraternal relations between the two countries and the developments in the situations
in the Arab east and Arab west. It is noteworthy that the UAE supervises the Algerian
interests in Morocco.
LIBYA
AL-QADHDHAFI 'FULLY' SATISFIED WITH TRIPOLI SUMMIT
LD152249Y Tripoli Domestic Service in Arabic 1800 GMT 15 Dec 77 LD
[Interview granted by Col Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi to PARIS MATCH, published in the
15 December issue--read by announcer, date and place of interview not specified]
[Excerpts] [Question] Are you satisfied.with the results of the Tripoli conference
in spite of Iraq's withdrawal?
[Answer] Fully, because Iraq's attitude was not negative but positive. It wanted
to adopt harder measures toward the Egyptian president and the Israelis.
[Question] The conference declaration was moderate, the opposite of what has been
known of you.
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[Answer] The formation of an Arab front to continue the struggle to liberate the
occupied Arab lands, the dismissal of the Egyptian ruler from the presidency of the
Federation of Arab Republics, the measures by all the Arab countries to isolate him
politically and the ban on all Egyptian economic firms which have dealings with the
enemy--all these are enough for the present. But should other events emerge, it may be
necessary to take more measures.
[Question] What would become of the rejection front if Israel made important concessions
at the Cairo conference?
[Answer] Whatever happens, it will not make the Arab national front change its defined
objective, namely, to continue the struggle until the liberation of Palestine and all
its occupied territories.
[Question] Do you believe that Syria could stand fast alone in the event of a new war
with Israel?
[Answer] Syria is a military power which is quite capable of facing the Israeli forces,
but the Israelis occupy another Arab country, too. Obviously it is necessary for al]L
.the Arab countries to support the confrontation states to achieve the liberation of the
land.
[Question] To what extent would you help Syria?
[Answer] We shall help Syria with every means and in all circumstances.
[Question] What is your view on President al-Asad's visit to Saudi Arabia?
[Answer] The visit occurred with the agreement of the participants of the Tripoli
conference. Visits to other Arab countries will also take place by all those who took
part in the Tripoli conference. The aim is to inform them of the resolutions and
recommendations of the summit and to demonstrate that the question is of concern to an
Arab front not limited to the participants in the Tripoli conference. Saudi Arabia
officially condemned and rejected the visit of the ruler of Egypt to the Israelis.
This was also done by most Arab states except two Arab heads of state who are isolated
from their own peoples and the Arab nation--Sultan Qabus of Oman and President Numayri
of Sudan.
[Question] You played an important role in the release of Mrs Claustre. Do you intend
to take part in the efforts to bring about the release of the hostages held by the
POLISARIO Front?, Are French-Libyan relations good?
[Answer] Yes, relations are good on the economic level, but not on the political
level. The French Government has reverted to pursuing.a colonial policy which it had
abandoned at the time of President de Gaulle. I believe that the French Government
should not behave impulsively and violently in cases like Mrs Claustre's. We shall
make every effort, but such cases will continue to occur as long as there are French
nationals in dangerous areas such as Chad and the Sahara.
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AL-QADHDHP.FI DISCUSSES ARAB UNITY, PALESTINIAN STATE rb S M ~- --7
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LD151115Y Tripoli Domestic Service in Arabic 13105 GMT 13 Dec 77 LD /
[Interview granted to Luxembourg radio correspondent by Col Mutammar al-Qadhdhafi on
10 December, place not specified; questions.in French, Al-Qadhdhafits answers in Arabic--
recorded]
[Excerpts] [Question] It has been said that the rejectionist summit in Tripoli'was
not successful as it achieved no result, while if there had been a summit in Riyadh
perhaps there would have been a rapprochement between the Syrians and Egyptians. What
is your view?
[Answer] First, the results of the Tripoli summit were clear and left no room for
speculation. Any other attempt to bring about rapprochement between the Syrians and
Egyptians would be tantamount to attempting a rapprochement with the enemy. It would
be incorrect to say rapprochement between the Syrians and Egyptians. On the contrary,
it may be said that the attempts are intended to bring the Syrians closer to recognizing
the enemy. This is the Arab view of such attempts.
[Question] But at present, anyway, you cannot hope to have an Arab summit to condemn
As-Sadat. It is impossible to unite the Arab nation to condemn As-Sadat.
[Answer] The attempts to hold a full Arab summit have not failed. On the contrary, all
the Arab countries responded to the call for a summit. But we preferred in the Tripoli
conference not to mix the hawks with the Arab hens.
[Question] But when and where is this full summit going to take place?
[Answer] No one can answer that now.
[Question] You seek to unite the Arabs, but on what basis, since there are progressives
and nonprogressives?
[Answer] The aim is to bring about the unity of the Arab nation irrespective of such
contradictions, for these are destined to disappear in time.
[Question] As far as Egypt is concerned, are you going to exert pressure on it? Will
you try to get rid of As-Sadat? Are you going to exert economic and military pressure?
[Answer] From the economic point of view, Egypt, as a-result of cooperating with. the
enemy, has been blacklisted and a boycott has been fully enforced against it by the
Jamahiriyah. As for the Libyan military forces, these only serve established principles:
defending the Arab nation, repelling aggression against the Jamahiriyah or lifting a
siege around her.
[Answer] At the moment, the only possibilities are those of war. As for peace, it is
in the realm of the impossible, and the efforts which are now being made on its behalf
are efforts of surrender.
[Question] Do you mean war by the Arab countries against the Zionist entity, or by the
latter against the Arab countries?
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[Answer] Both possibilities exist. The Arabs are justified because their land has
been occupied for 30 years and in some cases since 1967.... The Israelis would justify
it because they want to expand until their state extends from the Euphrates to the
Nile and becomes the biggest in the Middle East. For all these reasons, war remains
the only possibility, something that is continually expected.
[Question] We have referred to the rejectionist front; does this mean the expulsion of
all Jews from the Zionist entity, or keeping them while regaining the land to establish
a Palestinian state, or keeping some of the Jews who live there while regaining the rights
and land of the Arabs who were driven out from there?
[Answer] First, all the Arabs there made a real contribution to the withdrawal of the
colonialists who invaded other countries after World War II. Palestine was occupied
after a Western colonial onslaught, just as was the case with countries in Africa,
Asia and Latin America which were colonized. Just as the French came into Syria and
Lebanon, the British into Egypt and the Italians into Libya, the Israeli Zionists came
into Palestine. The word Palestine does not only mean Arabs but also the original Jews
who had a right to the land as much as the Palestinians. As for the Israeli Zionists
who came to Palestine after World War II, they should be treated like the French
settlers in Algieria and the whites in Zimbabwe now.
[Answer] Any one who came for a colonial aim must depart. We differentiate between
Zionist invaders and Jews. We do not call for the expulsion of the latter, who are
partners with their Palestinian brothers in Palestine. But the Zionist invaders
who came after World War II should be considered like the colonial white groups which
colonized other countries.
[Question] Therefore, as an extreme measure, you may embark on war, whereas the
Jamahiriyah has never taken part in any previous war.
[Answer] Henceforth our efforts will be redoubled to urge the Arab nation to rally its
strength to wrest its rights. It is on this basis that the world should define its
attitude toward the Arab nation and the Arab nation should define its position to the
world....
[Question] What do you expect from France, if you do expect anything, and are your
relations with France good or not?
[Answer] Relations at the moment are good, but could certainly deteriorate if France
interfered in Africa. I fear that France might one day find itself in a quagmire from
which it would find it difficult to-extricate itself.
[Question] President Giscard d'Estaing recently sent you a message. Did he ask you to
intercede to bring about the release of the eight French citizens who were captured by
the POLISARIO Front?
J~ c:>ri.on] Do you believe you will achieve the same success as in the case of Mrs Claustre?
(inter] We ;hall hope to expect this result. But we wish the French Government and
s'~.rms would not involve their citizens in regions where they meet this fate. Here I
am ef'er-A,1,?, t.o Prerieit civilians as well as military personnel.
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[Question] While it is said that there are French military personnel in Mauritania
and the Sahara, there are also accusations against you. Allow me to mention them.
It is said by some that you are moving behind the Soviet Union in Africa to cause
instability there. What is your view on this?
[Answer] Have they changed their view which said that I was enemy No 1 of communism?
Africa will never attain any stability until colonialism and its underlings depart.
SYRIAN, CZECHOSLOVAK MINISTERS MEET WITH AL-QADHDHAFI
LD151847Y Tripoli Domestic Service in Arabic 1800 GMT 15 Dec 77 LD
[Text] Col Mutammar al-Qadhdhafi this morning received tAbd al-Halim Khaddam,
Syrian deputy prime minister and foreign minister, who explained to him the results
of the recent visit paid by President Hafiz al-Asad to some Arab countries.
Colonel al-Qadhdhafi later received the Czechoslovak foreign minister, who is
currently on a visit to the Jamahiriyah. The minister gave Al-Qadhdhafi a copy of
the Koran, in Czech. Both meetings were attended by Foreign Secretary at-Turayki.
LD141410Y Prague Domestic Service in Czech and Slovak 1300 GMT 14 Dec 77 LD
[Excerpts] Bohuslav Chnoupek, the Czechoslovak minister of foreign affairs, was
received in Tripoli today by tAbd al-Majid al-Qatud, secretary of the General
Peoplets Committee for Land Reclamation and Development. They exchanged views
on the possibilities of strengthening mutual cooperation,above all regarding
technical assistance and relations between specialists from both countries. The
talks between Bohuslav Chnoupek and Musa Ahmad Abu Furaywah, secretary of the
General People's Committee for Planning, focused on the fulfillment of the con-
clusions of the third meeting of the joint committee for economic and scientific-
technical cooperation.
LD161036Y Prague CTK in English 0953 GMT 16 Dec 77 LD
[Text] Tripoli, Dec 16, CETEKA--Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Bohuslav Chnoupek
left here today for Prague, following a five-day visit to the Libyan Arab People's
Socialist Jamahiriyah. Minister Chnoupek and his Libyan counterpart, 'Ali tAbd
as,Salam at-Turayki, signed a protocol to the Czechoslovak-Libyan agreement on
cultural cooperation for 1978-80 and a protocol on the promotion of Czechoslovak-
Libyan cooperation.
LD152125Y Tripoli Domestic Service in Arabic 1915 GMT 15 Dec 77 LD
[Text] Secretary General of the Democratic Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine Nayif Hawatimah arrived in Tripoli this evening on a visit to the
Jamahiriyah during which he will hold talks with its leaders on the current Arab
situation. He was welcomed at the airport by a representative of the African-
Arab office of the General People's Congress.
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ETHIOPIAN DELEGATION ARRIVES FOR COOPERATION TALKS
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LD151O54Y Tripoli JANA in English 0931 GMT 15 Dec 77 LD
[Text] Tripoli, December 15, JANA--An Ethiopian delegation led by Major Fissahu Desta,
member of the Standing Committee of the Provisional Military Administrative Council,
arrived here yesterday. The delegation will hold talks with Jamahiriyah officials to
boost bilateral relations.
Major Fissahu Desta was received at the airport by Dr 'Ali at-Turayki, the foreign
secretary, other officials and the Ethiopian ambassador to the Jamahiriyah. In an
airport statement he referred to the relations between the two countries and the role
played by the Jamahiriyah in Africa and praised solidarity between the two progressive
countries. The Ethiopian leader condemned the visit of the Egyptian president to the
Zionist entity and said the visit was a "visit of surrender."
Speaking about the imperialist attempts to create differences between African countries,
he said the Ethiopian stand towards these attempts is clear, as we are against imperialism,
Zionism and neo-colonialism. Major Desta said struggle between the progressive and
reactionary forces in Africa will end with the victory of the progressives and there
was no doubt in this.. He called for the unity of progressive forces in Africa in their
struggle against imperialism because it was trying to encircle and overcome the liberation
movements in Africa.
LD141630Y Tripoli JANA in English 1544 GMT 14 Dec 77 LD
[Text) Tripoli, December 14, JANA--A Tunisian commercial industrial delegation arrived
here today for a several-day visit to the Jamahiriyah. During its visit the Tunisian
delegation will disucss with Libyan Arab officials ways and means to strengthen trade
co-operation between the two brotherly countries.
The delegation, which is led by Muhammad Balhaj Ammar, member of the Political Bureau and
chairman of the Tunisian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was welcomed at the airport by
the Jamahiriyah Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture [as received] and some
members of the Tunisian general commission.
TA151618Y Paris AFP in English 1550 GMT 15 Dec 77 TA
(Excerpt] Rabat, Dec 15 (AFP)--Official circles here today dismissed [word indistinct]
reports of secret Egyptian-Israeli meetings in Morocco and of an invitation from
King Hassan to Israeli Premier Menahem Begin as "whimsical." Information Minister
Mohamed Larbi Khattabi commented on the reports. "Why should there be secret meetings
when the parties involved can now meet easily and openly, and why (should such meetings
be) in Morocco?"
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