美国表示承认利比亚反对派全国过渡委员会，并宣布利比亚领导人卡扎菲在利比亚已经不再具有合法执政权。
美国国务卿希拉里·克林顿星期五在伊斯坦布尔作出上述宣布。与此同时，来自西方国家和区域的高层官员在伊斯坦布尔举行会晤，制定加强利比亚反对派力量的相关战略。利比亚正在为推翻卡扎菲42年的统治而战斗。
克林顿国务卿说，利比亚反政府组织向国际利比亚联络小组提供了一个后卡扎菲时代，民主利比亚计划。计划还对以下一些问题作出了重要保证：利比亚将来无论在政治上还是地理上都具有包容性，将继续履行利比亚的国际义务，并以人道方式使用外部的援助资金来帮助利比亚人民等。
The United States says it is recognizing Libya’s rebel Transitional National Council, declaring that the country’s leader Moammar Gadhafi no longer has any legitimate authority over the North African nation.
Assurances given
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the announcement Friday in Istanbul, as top officials from major Western and regional powers met to map strategies to strengthen the Libyan opposition in their bid to oust Gadhafi from his 42-year reign.
She said the rebel group had offered the international Libyan contact group planning for a post-Gadhafi, democratic Libya “important assurances” that it would be inclusive geographically and politically, uphold the country’s international obligations and use outside financial assistance in a humanitarian way to aid the Libyan people.