The son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Hannibal, who is imprisoned in Lebanon, told Sputnik in an interview that he was grateful to Russia for its efforts aimed at securing his release
CAIRO (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 04th February, 2019) The son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Hannibal, who is imprisoned in Lebanon, told Sputnik in an interview that he was grateful to Russia for its efforts aimed at securing his release.
Hannibal Gaddafi has been kept in a Lebanese jail since 2015 in connection with the disappearance of Lebanese Shia imam Musa Sadr in Libya back in 1978, which has never been fully investigated.
"We are counting on Russia's big role as a great state in such cases of arbitrariness. I am grateful [to Russia] for the efforts being taken for my release," Hannibal Gaddafi said.
The interview was conducted through Gaddafi's representative, Reem El Debri.
In late January, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told Sputnik that Russian diplomats had contacted Lebanese politicians about the situation around Hannibal. According to the deputy foreign minister, Hannibal Gaddafi's kidnappers have already been tried for their actions, but his trial had not yet started.
