Mauritania has not decided yet
Mauritania has not yet decided the fate of Muammar Gaddafi's former spy chief, whose extradition is sought by Libya, France and International Criminal Court in the Hague, a source close to the case said yesterday.
"Nouakchott is not in a hurry, in this case all the norms and procedures must be respected. Mauritania will take its time," the source said.
Libya's vice premier Mustafa Abu Shagur said on his Twitter account Tuesday that he had secured the extradition of Abdullah Senussi, whom the country wants to try on home soil.
"I have met the President of Mauritania and he agreed to the extradition of Senussi to Libya," Mustafa Abu Shagur wrote.
Earlier, speaking to reporters after meeting Mauritanian leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz in Nouakchott, the Libyan vice-premier had said the president "promised something positive" in regard to Libya's request.
Senussi, Gaddafi's former right hand man, was arrested at Nouakchott airport on Friday after arriving on a flight from Casablanca in Morocco, using a false passport.
In addition, Saudia Arabia and Spain want to interrogate Senussi over attacks committed in their countries, a diplomat in Nouakchott told AFP.
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