The rebel National Transitional Council`s new man in Paris, Mansur Saif Al-Nasr, 63, told AFP he handed his credentials to the French foreign ministry and was waiting for the keys to the embassy vacated by Kadhafi`s envoys in May.
Nasr told AFP he is a former member of the Libyan human rights league and an exiled opposition movement. He left Libya in 1969 and lived abroad, including 20 years in the United States.
The NTC`s coordinator in Britain, Guma Al-Gamaty, said it had nominated Mahmud Nacua, a 74-year-old writer and intellectual, as its ambassador to London.
Britain said it was expelling all remaining Kadhafi loyalists from their embassy in London and that it had followed France in recognising the NTC as the sole governing authority in Libya.
France and Britain are taking part in NATO-coordinated strikes against Kadhafi`s military assets. Paris was the first outside state to formally recognise the rebels as legitimate interlocutors.
Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaaim said Britain`s move was "irresponsible, illegal and in violation of British and international laws" and said Libya would challenge it in the courts.
The Libya contact group, a body of 40 countries and international organisations including the United States, two weeks ago recognised the NTC as Libya`s legitimate government and called on Kadhafi to go. (*)
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