DPRK Calls for Lift of Sanctions against LibyaThe Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) called Wednesday for the lift of sanctions against Libya, the state news agency KCNA reported.Answering questions put up by KCNA on a recent trial against Lockerbie affair suspects, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said now that the trial conducted by a special Scottish court in the Netherlands was over on January 31 and relevant verdict and judgment were made on the suspects, there was no reason to maintain sanctions against Libya. The special Scottish court sentenced Abdel Basset Ali al- Megrahi of Libya to a minimum of 20 years in jail for bombing over the Scottish town of Lockerbie Pan Am Flight 103 in 1998. It acquitted another Libyan, Lamen Khalifa Fhimah, for lack of evidence. As many as 270 people were killed. The West imposed sanctions against Libya, charging the Libyan government was involved in creating the air disaster, but the African country categorically denied the charges. The spokesman said that voices are higher from many countries demanding the earliest lift of sanctions against Libya, considering it has already implemented the United Nations Security Council's resolutions on the Lockerbie affair. |
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