Spain and Denmark on Thursday denied claims by Libyan rebels that they had recognised their National Transitional Council (NTC). “There has been no change in (our) position,” a Spanish Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said. “The NTC is considered a valid interlocutor. Sending a special ambassador from the (Spanish) government to Benghazi was done to maintain and strengthen the dialogue with the NTC but does not imply endorsement of NTC.
“We continue to keep an ambassador in Tripoli.” Libyan rebels earlier said in Benghazi that Canada, Denmark, Spain and the Netherlands had become the latest states to recognise the council, set up to rival the regime of Moamer Gaddafi. The Netherlands and Denmark also denied they had recognised the council, but there has been no immediate reaction from Ottawa. France, Italy, Qatar and Ghana have already recognised the NTC, based in the eastern rebel bastion of Benghazi, as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people.
