TURKEY: Opposition calls for Kadafi surrender, unfreezing Libyan assets

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The Libya Contact Group of international powers issued a statement in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday urging embattled Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi to turn himself in to avoid further bloodshed.

The group, which met in Istanbul earlier in the day, includes members of Libya’s rebel leadership, the National Transitional Council, as well as senior diplomats opposed to Kadafi’s rule.

They issued a 14-point statement, excerpts of which were posted online by Reuters, also urged the United Nations Security Council to pass a U.S.-supported resolution currently under discussion to unfreeze Libyan assets so that they could free up the assets in an “expedited” manner.

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-- Molly Hennessy-Fiske