Chavez Says Libya’s Qaddafi Sent Delegation to Venezuela
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he rejected a United Nations plan for a transitional government in Libya after Muammar Qaddafi sent a delegation and letter to Caracas requesting moral support in his fight against rebels and the Western alliance.
Libyan Finance Minister Abd-al-Hafid Mahmud Al-Zulaytini was received by the Venezuelan government today, according to a Foreign Ministry statement. Chavez, after reading the letter aloud on state television today, criticized the “double standards” of the U.S.