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Turkish FM to fly to Libya's Benghazi

ADDIS ABABA - Turkish Foreign MinisterAhmet Davutoglu said he would fly to the Libyan rebel capital ofBenghazi on Tuesday.

Speaking in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Davutoglutold reporters: "From here I will travel to Benghazi as foreignminister of Turkey but, at the same time, as chairman of theinternational Libya contact group."

"There is a beginning of a new era in Libya for a future,democratic, united Libya. What we always defended as Turkey wasa new Libya based on the aspirations of the people of Libyawithout being divided and without there being a chaoticsituation," he said at the African Union's headquarters where anemergency meeting on Libya had just begun.