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Libyan Ambassador Ordered to Leave Country

June 17 2011

Spain

The Spanish government has ordered the expulsion of the Libyan ambassador to Madrid and three other Libyan diplomats, CNN reports.

The move was made because "the Qaddafi regime has lost all legitimacy due to its continual repression of the Libyan population," a Spanish Foreign Ministry statement said.

Ambassador Ajeli Abdussalam Ali Breni has 10 days to leave the country, the ministry said, as reported by Deutsche Presse-Agentur.

The other diplomats at the embassy were...

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