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Spain expels Libyan ambassador, 3 embassy staff

(Agencies)
Updated: 2011-06-17 15:45

MADRID - Spain has ordered the expulsion of the Libyan ambassador in Madrid, saying Moammar Gadhafi's regime no longer has any legitimacy.

A Foreign Ministry statement Thursday said the government gave Ajeli Abdussalam Ali Breni 10 days to leave the country.

The ministry said it was expelling three other unnamed embassy staff, adding that they were carrying out activities that were incompatible with their diplomatic status.

Spain is taking part in the NATO operation against Gadhafi's forces. Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez met with the rebel Transitional National Council last week and said it was the legitimate representative of the Libyan people.