美國承認利比亞反政府組織

The United States says it is recognizing Libya's rebel Transitional National Council, declaring that the country's leader Moammar Gadhafi no longer has any legitimate authority over the North African nation.

Assurances given

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the announcement Friday in Istanbul, as top officials from major Western and regional powers met to map strategies to strengthen the Libyan opposition in their bid to oust Gadhafi from his 42-year reign.

She said the rebel group had offered the international Libyan contact group planning for a post-Gadhafi, democratic Libya "important assurances" that it would be inclusive geographically and politically, uphold the country's international obligations and use outside financial assistance in a humanitarian way to aid the Libyan people.美國表示承認利比亞反對派全國過渡委員會，並宣佈利比亞領導人卡扎菲在利比亞已經不再具有合法執政權。

美國國務卿希拉里·克林頓星期五在伊斯坦布爾作出上述宣佈。與此同時，來自西方國家和區域的高層官員在伊斯坦布爾舉行會晤，制定加強利比亞反對派力量的相關戰略。利比亞正在爲推翻卡扎菲42年的統治而戰鬥。

克林頓國務卿說，利比亞反政府組織向國際利比亞聯絡小組提供了一個後卡扎菲時代，民主利比亞計劃。計劃還對以下一些問題作出了重要保證：利比亞將來無論在政治上還是地理上都具有包容性，將繼續履行利比亞的國際義務，並以人道方式使用外部的援助資金來幫助利比亞人民等。