Tunisia is to extradite the former Libyan prime minister, Al Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi, who served under the Gaddafi regime, for trial in Libya, reports the Reuters news agency.
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According to Noureddine Bouheiri, Tunisia's minister for justice, the extradition could take place in "days or weeks", making Ali al-Mahmoudi the first senior Gaddafi regime official to face trial.
Bouheiri said,
"The government has decided to hand over Mahmoudi and all that remains is the completion of some organizational issues,"
"This could be within days or weeks or perhaps longer... Our Libyan brothers have pledged to respect Mahmoudi physically and emotionally and to give him a fair trial."
According to Reuters however, the Tunisian president, Moncef al-Marzouki, later stated that the extradition would only take place when a fair trial could be guaranteed.
Ali al-Mahmoudi fled to Tunisia in August 2011, after the Libyan opposition force took control of the capital Tripoli.