The government said this morning any monitoring of a ceasefire in Libya should be carried out under the auspices of the United Nations.

It said that a ceasefire in Libya is a requisite of Resolution 1973 of the United Nations Security Council of March 17, 2011.

It said that if requested by the United Nations, the Maltese Government would be willing to collaborate in this regard.

Yesterday night, the government referred to a news conference given by the Libyan Foreign Minister in which he said that Libya wanted Malta, Turkey, Germany and China to monitor its ceasefire and said that it will 'examine' the request 'within the context of the full implementation of the United Nations resolutions'.

Earlier it had denied reports of receiving such a request.

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