Article: Libya firm on decision to quit Arab League: reports

Libya firm on decision to quit Arab League: reports

CAIRO, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Libya said on Wednesday that it was sticking to its decision to quit the Arab League, reports reaching here said.

Libya has been firm on the idea to leave the 22-member pan-Arab forum because of the worsening situation in the Arab world, reports added.

Arab League chief Amr Moussa paid a brief visit to Libya on Monday to persuade Libya to abandon the idea.

Earlier in the day, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had phone talks with Libyan leader Omar Muammar Ghaddafi on Mideast issues.

During the ...

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