SAfrica president tells Medvedev about his mission to Libya

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MOSCOW, June 1 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had a
telephone conversation with President Jacob Zuma of the Republic of South
Africa late on Tuesday night.
Zuma, just as had been agreed between the leaders of Russia and South
Africa during their previous telephone talk on May 28, this year, the
Kremlin press service reports, told Medvedev about the course and results
of his just-ended mission to Libya by a decision of the special summit of
the African Union (AU) (in Addis Ababa from May 25 to 26) and his meeting
with Muammar Gaddafi during the trip.
The President of Russia gave a high appraisal of the efforts being
made by the AU and personally by Jacob Zuma with a view to promoting an
end to the bloodshed in Libya at an earliest date and creating conditions
for the destiny of that country to be decided by the Libyan people
themselves.
Medvedev, upon telling Zuma about efforts being made in this respect
on the Russian side, emphasized the necessity of and readiness to conduct
a dialogue with all Libyan forces that have a political future.
The two Heads of State expressed hope that the coordination of
mediation activities by Russia and South Africa, and by the African Union
as a whole would contribute to the earliest return of the Libyan state to
the road of peaceful and stable development.