The UN Security Council may lift sanctions against Libya within 10 days, Russian UN envoy Vitaly Churkin said on Monday.
"We have already started working on a resolution... lifting the sanctions against Libya imposed by previous resolutions," Churkin said in an interview with Rossiya-24 TV channel.
Massive demonstrations against longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi broke out in Libya in mid-February. The international NATO-led military operation began on March 19 following a UN resolution on "targeted measures" against the Gaddafi regime. The sanctions included a total arms embargo, travel bans and a freeze on accounts held by the country's leadership.
Churkin said that the new resolution on Libya would address establishment of a new political system and holding elections, as well as mechanisms to promote democracy and overcome hostilities among the opposing factions in Libya.
