UK wants Libyan officials to quit

Libya's Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa speaking at a press conferenceMr Koussa arrived at Farnborough airport in Hampshire on Wednesday afternoon.

UK officials have encouraged other senior Libyan officials to abandon Col Gaddafi after his foreign minister fled to Britain and resigned.

Moussa Koussa arrived in London on Wednesday saying he was no longer willing to represent the Libyan leader’s regime internationally.

The Foreign Office said it wanted “those around Gaddafi to abandon him and embrace a better future for Libya”.

The Libyan government said Mr Koussa was travelling on a diplomatic mission.

The development came on the same day as the UK took steps to expel five Libyan diplomats.

Foreign Secretary William Hague told MPs the five, who include the military attache, “could pose a

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