An organisation led by a son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi denied on Sunday that it was negotiating the release of two Austrians believed held by al Qaeda in north Africa. "Gaddafi Foundation affirms that it has not undertaken any measures or efforts or contacts, whether direct or indirect, with the kidnappers despite the Foundation, and its chairman, having received several demands to do so." However on Sunday the Austrian news agency APA quoted Haider as saying in response to the foundation's denial: "It is not an initiative of the foundation but his (Saif al-Islam's) own ... it is a secret action."