In an effort to bring Brazil closer to Libya, the Brazilian Government decided to make donations, send experts and support the parliamentary elections within two months in the country. Brazilian experts who will work in demining (removal of landmines) should be on the way to Tripoli, capital of Libya, in the next few days. Additionally, technicians in identifying weapons will also be sent, along with donations of antiretroviral drugs for combating aids.

In recent days, the vice Prime Minister of Libya, Omar Abdelkarim, spoke with President Dilma Rousseff and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Patriota, and members of the Chamber of Deputies, in an attempt to gain support for the reconstruction of the region. In conversations, he said that the priority of the National Transition Council (NTC), which controls the provisional Government, is to achieve stabilization and reorganization of the country.

On the Brazilian side, according to representatives who followed the meetings, Abdelkarim was informed that the demining specialists are experts from the Armed Forces, who served in Angola (Africa) and on the border between Peru and Ecuador. The vice Prime Minister also learned that the specialists will go to Libya to help in tasks of weaponry search and identification.

20 April 2012