US Senator John McCain visiting Benghazi Tripoli – Emad Agag Libya’s interim prime minister Abdel Rahim El-Keeb met with US senator John McCain and his accompanying delegation in Tripoli, Wednesday, to discuss ways through which the US can assist Libya.
El-Keeb said in a press statement following the meeting, that there were several ways through which the United States could help Libya, even on the issue of wounded revolutionaries as some victims could be better treated in the US.
The US had earlier offered to provide expertise in treating wounded fighters and setting up rehabilitation centres inside Libya.
El-Keeb pointed out that Washington could help the Libyan government eliminate remnants of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime, in addition to his aides.
For his part, US Senator John McCain praised the democratic change in Libya following the revolution.
“Enormous progress and change that has taken place over the past months,” McCain noted in a press statement following the meeting with the Libyan government.
"The upcoming elections in June will prove to the world that the people of Libya are struggling for universal human values of democracy and freedom," he said.
Libya is set to have elections in June to elect a 200-member assembly that will appoint a prime minister and select a panel to write the constitution.
McCain urged Libya's militias to integrate themselves into the country's new national army and called for the reported abuse of prisoners held by the ex-rebels to stop.
"We made clear to them that human rights organisations are reporting serious abuses and the world is watching. We know it is difficult but these abuses need to stop so Libya can be respected everywhere in the world," he said.
He also said he advocated the collection of weapons by the authorities, saying that if they "fall into the wrong hands, it would pose a very serious threat."