Embassy of Libya in Washington, D.C.

Embassy of Libya, Washington, D.C.
Coordinates
Location Washington, D.C.
Address 2600 Virginia Avenue, N.W.

The Embassy of Libya in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Libya to the United States. It is located at 2600 Virginia Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., at the Watergate complex, in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood.[1]

The Ambassador was Ali Aujali.[2][3]

As a result of the on-going civil war in Libya, in March 2011, the U.S. suspended relations with the Libyan embassy in Washington, D.C.[4][5]

In July 2011, at an international conference on Libya held in Turkey, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that the US had decided to formally recognise the National Transitional Council as the country's "legitimate authority".[6] In August 2011, the State Department approved plans to allow the National Transitional Council to re-open the Libyan embassy in Washington. [7] The embassy officially re-opened on 12 August with Ali Aujali accredited as the head of the mission. [8]

References

  1. ^ http://www.embassy.org/embassies/kg.html
  2. ^ "A tale of two Libyan embassies in Washington, D.C.", Foreign Policy, Josh Rogin, March 10, 2011
  3. ^ "Qaddafi’s Man No More: Disgusted, Envoy Breaks Free of Former Boss", The Washington Diplomat, Larry Luxner, March 29, 2011
  4. ^ "US Evicts Libyan Embassy from Washington", Israeli National News, Chana Ya'ar, 03/10/11
  5. ^ Jill Dougherty (March 10, 2011). "Clinton: U.S. suspending relationships with Libyan Embassy". CNN. http://articles.cnn.com/2011-03-10/politics/libya.embassy_1_libyan-ambassador-libyan-government-libyan-embassy?_s=PM:POLITICS. 
  6. ^ Lee, Matthew. "US recognizes Libyan rebels as Libyan government". Associated Press. http://news.yahoo.com/us-recognizes-libyan-rebels-libyan-government-124658625.html?. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 
  7. ^ http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/08/04/US-hands-over-Libyan-Embassy-to-TNG/UPI-92081312456728/
  8. ^ "Libyan embassy in Washington officially opens under rebel government". CNN. 12 August 2011. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/11/us.libyan.embassy/. 

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