Cameron and Sarkozy plan Libya visit as G8 says Gaddafi must go

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Source: The Guardian

David Cameron and the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, are planning a joint visit to Benghazi, the Libyan rebel stronghold, Sarkozy has disclosed.

He was speaking at press conference at the end of the G8 summit of rich western nations where all countries agreed that Muammar Gaddafi had lost legitimacy and must step down. The Russians agreed to back this decision but David Cameron rejected suggestions the Russians had offered to mediate towards Gaddafi's exit.

Cameron said only one message needed to get to Gaddafi: that it was time to go.

British sources would not confirm details of the planned trip to Benghazi and Cameron parried the question by saying: "Nicolas Sarkozy is full of good ideas."

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/27/g8-to-call-for-gaddafi-to-go