Tue, Dec 30, 2003 - Page 7 News List

UN team inspects Libyan nuclear sites

MAKING A START The IAEA visited four sites in the area around the capital, as Libya began to make good its promise to end research into weapons of mass destruction

AFP , TRIPOLI

Libya's announcement and ElBaradei's visit are the fruit of nine months of secret negotiations between Libya and diplomats from Britain and the US which ended with Tripoli's dramatic pledge on Dec. 19.

ElBaradei said he intended to "take stock of the situation to develop a comprehensive picture of all nuclear activities in Libya and to take whatever corrective actions that need to be taken."

He said the IAEA was aware that Libya had imported nuclear equipment and material "that should have been declared to us.

There is a question of how much Libya has complied with its verification obligations," he said.

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