25 May Libyan Rebels will open an office in Washington

Libyan Rebels will open an office in Washington at the invitation of Barack Obama

American President, Barack Obama, has called on Libyan rebels to open an office in Washington, Secretary of State announced on Tuesday for the Middle East Jeffrey Feltman, who was visiting Benghazi feud insurgents in eastern Libya."To speed links between the National Transitional Council (CNT, the national leadership of the rebellion) and the United States, I submitted on behalf of the President (Barack) Obama, a formal invitation to the National Transition Council, to establish a representative office in Washington" , Feltman said in a press conference."We are pleased that they accepted the offer," he added."It is an important step in our relationship," said the senior U.S. diplomat.Asked about the official recognition of the rebellion by the United States, Feltman has avoided responding, but stressed that Libyan rebels are de facto sole interlocutors of Washington in Libya."We have a special representative here in Benghazi. President Obama just asked the Council to establish an office in Washington. We have representatives in Tripoli and officials asked them to (Muammar) Kadhafi to close their embassy in Washington," diplomat said."There is a diplomatic and political process in a dialogue with Council members, who are considered credible and legitimate representatives of the Libyan people," said Feltman.Colonel Muammar "Kadhafi has lost all legitimacy to lead the country. He soon I must leave power," Feltman insisted, stressing that there is no "magic bullet, magic solution" for his quick departure from power.Feltman arrived at Benghazi on the night of Sunday to Monday and met Monday with representatives of the rebellion, including its leader, Mustafa Abdeljalil.The first visit to this site has a U.S. administration official in Benghazi.NATO member country and, as such, participating in coalition military conducting daily raids in Libya, the United States has sent humanitarian aid worth 53.5 million dollars, both in Libya and the country's borders. However, Washington has sent military equipment fighters, worth around 25 million dollars, including tents, body armor and food rations.Feltman said the aid "non-lethal" will be sent in June.

In Washington, several influential senators filed Monday in the Senate, a resolution of support for an intervention "limited" in Libya.

The resolution, drafted by Senators John McCain and John Kerry, as well as other selected from the two parties, also stipulates that the Senate agrees that the U.S. objective in Libya, as the president announced, is leaving to obtain (for to power)'s Muammar Kadhafi and his family. "

The document also provides funds Kadhafi regime, blocked the UN, it could "return to the Libyan people," for humanitarian or reconstruction.