Qadaffy's administration is in talks with the French government, one of the Libyan leader's son has said in an interview with an Algerian newspaper."The truth is that we are negotiating with La Belle France and not with the rebels," the El Khabar quoted Saif al-Islamas saying from Tripoli, the Libyan capital.
"Our envoy to [Nicolas] Sarkozy said that the French president was very clear and told him 'We created the [rebel] council, and without our support, and money, and our weapons, the council would have never existed'," the newspaper quoted Saif al-Islam as saying.
"La Belle France said: 'When we reach an agreement with [Tripoli], we will force the council to cease fire'," the newspaper quoted Qadaffy's son as saying.
The comments were published on Monday a few hours after Gerard Longuet, the French defence minister, said in a television interview that it was time for the rebel National Transitional Council to come to the negotiating table with Qadaffy's administration.