Sarkozy denies reports of weapons deals to Libya

According to French President Nicolas Sarkozy,no military accords or weapons packages were part of the deals struck between France and Libya to secure the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor from Libya last week.Sarkozy was responding to claims made by Saif Gadaffi el-Islam,son of Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi,to the effect that Libya had brokered military aid from France,consisting of French made "Milan" anti-tank missiles,as well as joint Franco-Libyan manufacturing of military equipment.The younger Gadaffi made the claims in an interview with the French daily Le Monde,which he had requested in order to "clarify certain points,"regarding the deals made by the president's wife, Cecilia,and EU external affairs commissioner Benita Ferraro-Waldner.The agreement between Paris and Tripoli, Gaddafi said, would see "joint military exercises," along with the purchase of defense technology for "100 million euros." Gaddafi also said that the significance of the deal was highly important as it was "the first such deal between Libya and a western country," since the lifting in 2004 of the arms embargo placed on Tripoli...
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