Did China Sell Arms To Libya?

NCT head Mustafa Abdul Jalil claims China has obstructed the handover of Libya's frozen assets to the interim ruling council. Photograph: Abdullah Doma/AFP/Getty Images

Beijing Says Qaddafi Officials Sought Chinese Arms Supplies -- New York Times

BEIJING — China’s Foreign Ministry admitted on Monday that state-run arms companies met Libyan officials this summer to broker arms sales to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s besieged regime, apparently confirming information in Libyan government documents found by a Canadian journalist in Tripoli.



But a ministry spokeswoman denied that Chinese government officials knew of the talks, and said that no arms were delivered to the Qaddafi regime, either directly or through third parties.



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More News On Chinese - Libyan Arms Discussions

China Sought to Sell Arms to Qaddafi, Documents Suggest -- New York Times

China Confirms Visit From Gadhafi Representatives -- New York Times/AP

China confirms weapons firms met Gaddafi envoys in July -- BBC

China confirms visit from Gadhafi representatives -- AP

Gadhafi Sought Chinese Arms in July -- Wall Street Journal

China confirms Libya arms sale talks -- Financial Times

China acknowledges Libya arms talks -- Al Jazeera

Chinese arms companies 'offered to sell weapons to Gaddafi regime' -- The Guardian

China denies arms sales to Qaddafi, admits meetings took place -- Christian Science Monitor

China Unaware Arms Dealers Met With Gadhafi Representatives -- Voice of America

Libya: Chinese denies defying UN arms embargo -- The Telegraph

China denies report, says it did not sell weapons to Libya -- CNN

Libyan NTC probes China, Western arms to Gaddafi -- Reuters



My Comment: The new Libyan government is stating the obvious .... China relationship will suffer if arms were sold to Qaddafi