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Libyan oil minister Shukri Ghanem has denied reports that he had defected.
The former prime minister told Today presenter Justin Webb that he remains loyal to the Gadaffi regime.
The UK is reportedly hosting a senior aide to the Libyan regime who is believed to be seeking an exit strategy for the leader Muammar Gaddafi. This follows the defection of Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa. Media sources suggest that at least ten top-ranking Libyan officials may flee the country. So far there are two confirmed defections in Gaddafi’s ranks. The first is Moussa Koussa who was the foreign minister and is now in London holding discussions with British officials, despite the fact that they were quick to declare the defector will not be granted any political immunity. The other is Ali Abdussalam Treki, another former Libyan foreign minister who has been occupying the post of Libya’s ambassador to the UN where he served a term as the president of the General Assembly – he also has announced his departure. There is no doubt this is a heavy psychological blow for Muammar Gaddafi, whose regime seems on the verge of crumbling. But in Tripoli the government laughed off all suggestions of the defections.