Berlin (ANTARA News/Reuters) - Germany`s foreign ministry said on Sunday it had, after consulting German security officials, ordered the expulsion of a senior Libyan diplomat because of his allegiance to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

The foreign ministry confirmed a report in the German news magazine Focus that it had declared Hisham al-Sharif `persona non grata` and ordered him and his family to leave Germany.

Focus said that Gaddafi`s government had designated Sharif as its charge d`affaires in Berlin on July 22.

On Wednesday Britain expelled the entire staff of Libya`s London embassy and asked Libyan rebels to provide representatives in London. (*)

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