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Xinhua reported on July 26, William Haig, British Foreign Secretary acknowledged that the release of the Scottish local government, "Lockerbie" the only guilty culprits, Libyans Abdel Greek The decision was a "mistake" and "misguided", but BP did not intervene in the decision making process.

British Petroleum in Libya's oil and gas exploration business has not been "Lockerbie," the storm. 24, a company spokesman said the British oil in the next few weeks will begin in the Libyan coastal waters and deepwater oil drilling.

Admit mistakes

24 disclose a British Foreign Office Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Haig, wrote to U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry's letter. Haig admitted in the letter, released Maigelaxi is a "wrong" decision, "misguided."

Haig said he was "acutely aware" Maigelaxi not increase the Scottish prison "Lockerbie" the pain of the families of victims.

Haig stressed that he and Prime Minister David Cameron was not agreed to the release decision.

Maigelaxi the "Lockerbie" the only convicted of principal. Pan Am flight 103 on Dec. 21, 1988 in New York from London on his way to the United States, in exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, causing 270 deaths. Most of the passengers in the United States college students.

Scottish local government, said last year, out of "compassion", the release of cancer Maigelaxi return to Libya, the United States caused discontent, the president Barack Obama and former FBI Director Robert Mueller condemned the decision.

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Haig said in the letter, there is no evidence that the British oil intervention decision-making process on the release Maigelaxi.

"There is no evidence that the (decision-making) process oil intervention by the United Kingdom," Haig said, "there is no evidence that the release of Maigelaxi Scottish local government is designed to the British Petroleum's oil contracts with Libya facilitate the negotiations."

"So far, the British Government information not found on the British Petroleum attempt to influence the British policy-making Central Government and the Scottish local government records," Haig said.

Previously,clearance mbt shoes, some U.S. senators concluded that the British Government in 2007 with the Libyan government signed an agreement to negotiate the transfer of prisoners, the British oil several times with British Justice Secretary Jack Straw and some government officials. Haig explained that the contact "perfectly normal and legitimate."

"This is all over the world launched a communication on a regular basis," Haig said, "there interests with Libya and other countries and their enterprises will carry out a similar contact with the host governments."

Not affect the drilling

The British Petroleum in May 2007 and Libya signed a nine hundred million U.S. dollars worth of oil exploration contracts. Late last month, the Libyan National Oil said British Petroleum agreed to commence drilling in July.

British Petroleum spokesman told DPA: "Drilling will begin in the coming weeks."

This film about exploitation of the oil from the western port city of Benghazi,said at a news conference, Libya 200 km, is located 1,750 meters below sea level, it is believed the number of significant reserves of oil and 850 million cubic meters of natural gas. DPA reported that British Petroleum will start within the next 6 months, mining the oil and gas resources.

British oil at this stage in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico is facing tremendous pressure, undersea oil spill to the outside of the British oil drilling, mining job security into question.

Nicholas believes that people should not be the Gulf of Mexico oil wells and Libya together.

"We are drilling all over the world," Nicholas said, "we were there (Libya) take additional security measures."

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