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"en.20021023.5.3-244"2
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"The Council has not discussed Colonel Gadaffi's speeches. As far as the Council is concerned, it is, however, still prepared to allow Libya to become a fully fledged participant in the Barcelona Process as soon as the country has accepted the Barcelona rules fully and without reservation. Libya has still not given an answer where this issue is concerned. Until it does, it will continue to be invited as an observer to the meetings of the Euro-Mediterranean Committee and to the meetings between the high-ranking officials with responsibility for political and security issues. Libya participated in the ministerial conference in Valencia as the Presidency’s guest.
There seem at present to be two main trends in Libya. The first prepares the way for a rapprochement with the EU and clearly signals a break with the past, while the second reflects the fact that Libya’s ambitions on the African continent are incompatible with participation in the Barcelona Process. The relative weight of the two Libyan points of view naturally depends upon Colonel Gadaffi's ambitions.
In the EU’s view, a strong role in Africa and participation in the Barcelona Process complement each other very well indeed. The Euro-African partnership, whose next summit is planned to take place in the very near future, is testimony to this. The Council also applauds the fact that certain political prisoners in Libya have been released and emphasises that, if Libya asks to do so, it will be able to participate in the Barcelona Process as soon as the outstanding issues have been resolved clearly and satisfactorily. Such participation in the Euro-Mediterranean partnership would also mean that Libya, in common with the other partners, would enter into an association agreement and be covered by the MEDA regulation."@en1
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