MOSCOW, August 14 (RIA Novosti) - Libya said the conflict in Georgia and its breakaway republic of South Ossetia has signaled an end to the dominance of the United States in global affairs, a Russian daily reported on Thursday.
"What happened in Georgia is a good sign, which means America is no longer the sole world power setting the rules of the game," the Libyan president's eldest son Seif al Islam Qaddafi said in an interview with Kommersant.
"There is a balance in the world now. Russia is resurging, which is good for us, for the entire Middle East," said Seif al Islam, who runs the Qaddafi Foundation, a non-governmental body, told the paper.
He said the Arab world has welcomed the withdrawal from Iraq by Georgian troops, describing the Caucasus state, which enjoys strong backing from the U.S., as "an occupier."
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Libya, notorious for its poor human rights record, has improved ties with the West in recent years. American oil giants are lavishly investing in the desert nation, which holds the largest oil reserves in Africa. Weapons producers have also been in fierce competition with each other for Libya's lucrative market.
Libya's reinvigorated contacts with Russia have worried the West that fears the North African state could join a natural gas cartel proposed by Russia and other gas producers, influencing prices.
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