Lawrence Gonzi’s recollections of the Libyan crisis

February 21, 2011.  It’s 16:30 and Prime Minister Gonzi is in a routine meeting in his office.  The crisis in Libya is gaining ground.  All of a sudden he is told that 2 fully loaded Libyan Mirage jets have just landed unexpectedly at Malta’s InternationalAirport and the pilots are requesting political asylum.  Malta is now in the middle of the crisis.

Discover the tension, discussion and decisions that were taken by Dr Gonzi during this and many more episodes of the Libyan crisis in Kite Group’s new publication.  Gonzi and Malta’s break with Gaddafi.  Recollections of a Premier is the first hand account of Malta’s former Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi of the Libyan crisis.  The book offers a unique journey through the hard and defining decisions taken during the crisis.

In gripping, never-heard-before detail, Prime Minister Gonzi brings readers inside Ghaddafi’s Bedouin tent a few days before the revolution started; inside his Office the minute the Mirage Jets landed in Malta and he ensuing negotiations with Libya; over the phone with European Prime Ministers; inside meetings with Ghaddafi’s representative; during discussions with the Libyan National Transitional Council; during European Council Summits and in the Government Crisis Centre during delicate rescue operations that were underway in the Libyan desert.

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