Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) deputy has described his country's relations with Iran following the fall of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi as positive, suggesting an upcoming official visit to Tehran by new Libyan authorities.
Expressing gratitude for Iran's support and humanitarian assistance to the people of Libya, NTC Vice Chairman Abdel Hafiz Ghoga announced that a Libyan delegation will visit Tehran in the near future.
The development comes after Iran's Foreign Minister Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi visited Tripoli recently, heading a high-level delegation, and held talks with NTC chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil.
The two officials discussed various issues, including the fate of the prominent Lebanese Shia cleric Imam Mousa Sadr, who disappeared in Libya along with two of his companions while on an official visit to Libya on August 31, 1978.
The Libyan regime at the time claimed that Imam Sadr boarded a plane destined for Italy, but Italian officials insisted that no such person was on any passenger list of planes arriving into the country.
Iran has stepped up diplomatic efforts to obtain solid information about the fate of the Shia cleric following the collapse of Gaddafi.
PressTV
