30.04.2011 - 11:48 [ Xinhuanet ]

Gaddafi refuses to leave, proposes ceasefire: TV

Asserting he would not leave, embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi floated on Saturday a proposal for a ceasefire and negotiations in a televised speech. He said that all parties concerned should follow the truce, and the NATO forces must stop their attacks. „Libya welcomes a ceasefire,“ he said in an early-morning speech on the state television.