Cairo (ANTARA News/AFP) - Egypt on Monday recognised Libya`s rebel National Transitional Council as the legitimate government as rebels closed in on Moamer Kadhafi`s Tripoli compound, Egypt`s Foreign Minister Mohammed Amr said.

"It pleases me at this historical occasion to announce that Egypt recognises the new regime in Libya and the National Transitional Council that represents it," he said at a joint news conference with Abdel Moneim al-Huweini, the rebel envoy to Cairo and the Arab League. (*)

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