AFP - EU leaders believe that opposition to Muammar Gaddafi in the National Transitional Council (CNT) is an interlocutor "legitimate", said the EU president Herman Van Rompuy.
"The opposition in Benghazi is considered a legitimate political interlocutor," he said after an EU summit in Brussels on Libya.
The Heads of State and Government of the European Union "welcomed and encouraged the National Transitional Council (CNT) based in Benghazi (east), which is regarded as a political interlocutor" for the EU and a partner "worthy of faith, "he said.
Representatives of the CNT had several interviews with European leaders Friday on the sidelines of the summit, including Mr Van Rompuy, the head of European diplomacy Ashton and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, said the EU president.
In this regard, the French head of state assured that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was "no longer an interlocutor" and should "go."
