Moussa Koussa's departure to Doha angers Lockerbie campaigners

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Source: The Guardian

Libya's most high profile defector, foreign minister Moussa Koussa, flew out of the UK on Tuesday to take part in a critical peace conference amid anger from Lockerbie campaigners and accusations of "betrayal" levelled at the British government.

Koussa made his surprise departure to Doha after the Foreign Office said he was "a free individual, who can travel to and from the UK as he wishes".

He was expected to "offer insights" in advance of the conference on Libya in the Qatari capital, being held with representatives from the Benghazi-based opposition. The UN, Arab League and EU will all be represented, as will France, Italy, Germany, Turkey and others.

But families of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing accused the British government of "betrayal" for allowing the former minister to leave the country.

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