Like their Libyan counterparts, American spokespeople are trying to downplay the damage to bilateral relations that the events of the past two weeks might have had.
As suspected Al Qaeda terrorist Nazih Al-Ruqaii (alias Abu Anas Al-Libi) went before a US judge in the Southern District of New York against the wishes of the Libyan government, State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki explained yesterday that the US values its relationship with Libya saying, “we work closely with [Libya] on a range of issues, and we expect that will continue”.Read more here.