31/03/2011 10:02
Libyan Foreign Minister flies to UK
Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa is in Britain and "no longer willing" to work for Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime, the UK Foreign Office says, according to BBC.
He flew in from Tunisia on a non-commercial flight and was questioned for several hours by British officials.
"He traveled here under his own free will. He has told us he is resigning," said a Foreign Office spokesman.
His apparent defection comes as rebels in Libya are retreating from former strongholds along the eastern coast.
The Foreign Office in London called on other members of the Libyan government to abandon Colonel Gaddafi.