Libya asks UN to suspend sanctions

Libya's Gaddafi regime has asked the UNSC to suspend sanctions imposed on it

Libya's Gaddafi regime has asked the UNSC to suspend sanctions imposed on it over the brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters, as it sacked two of its diplomats at the world body who had renounced its leadership and appointed an ex-foreign minister as its new envoy here.The Libyan government sent a letter to the United Nations, informing it that it had sacked its top two diplomats to the world body -- Ambassador Mohamed Shalgham and Deputy Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi, who had publicly defected after people revolted against Muammar Gaddafi.In another letter to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Gaddafi said that his regime wished to have veteran Libyan diplomat Ali Abdussalam Treki, a former foreign minister, as its new Permanent Representative to the UN, who is expected to present his credentials to the world body chief soon.