St Lucia maintains ties with Libya
Published:Monday | February 28, 2011 | 4:23 PM
St Lucia's Prime Minister Stephenson Kings says his government is not considering severing diplomatic relations with Libya in light of the political violence in that country.
Pressure has been mounting on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to step down, as a popular uprising against his over 40-year rule continues.
The St Lucian leader says while he supports the march towards democracy in Libya, his government is continuing to monitor developments but is not in favour of breaking ties with Tripoli at this time.
On Friday, the United States announced that it had suspended embassy operations in Libya and was moving forward with unilateral sanctions against the government of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
Britain and France had planned to present a draft proposal for sanctions against Libyan leaders at the U.N. Security Council on Friday.
A vote is expected early next week.