The United States gave its blessing Monday to a civilian nuclear energy deal between France and Libya, saying it expected its former foe to respect its decision to renounce weapons of mass destruction.
"In light of Libya's historic decision in 2003 to rid itself of its WMD programs, we expect any cooperation with Libya on a peaceful secure and responsible use of nuclear power to be consistent with the highest standard of non-proliferation," said Kurtis Cooper, a State Department spokesman.
France announced plans to sell nuclear reactors to Libya as well as 10 billion euros of trade deals, as President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomed Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on Monday for a five-day visit.
US-Libyan relations were restored in early 2004, following a break since 1981, a few weeks after Kadhafi announced that Tripoli was abandoning efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction.
The United States announced last year a full normalization of ties, lifting Libya from a State Department list of state sponsors of terrorism and raising diplomatic relations to the level of ambassadors.
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Not fond at all of Libya, but they have shown remarkable improvements in dealings with the West, and, if they are truly trying to improve relations, I hate to discourage it. I have less problem with the French these days since they got rid of that idiot Liberal Chirac and replaced him with Conservative Sarkozy. So, trust, but verify.
I do not believe for minute that libya is genuine in their efforts to try and improve their standing and the french only care about themselves and what happens to them.
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Libya does not have nukes. Pakistan does have nukes.Pakistan is about five stitches from being completely unraveled: Who will get the nukes when the place comes apart.
So now we are going to trust Libya and France
