THE HAGUE, Nov 19, 2011 (AFP) - Libya has an obligation to surrender Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam, a spokesman for the International Criminal Court said Saturday, but he did not exclude the possibility of a trial in Libya.
"The Libyan authorities have an obligation to cooperate with the court, including with respect to the arrest and surrender of Seif al-Islam to the court as indicated in the UN's resolution," Fadi El-Abdallah told AFP.
�But he added: "If Libyan authorities believe that a trial at national level is a better solution, they can ask that the case not be admitted in The Hague, based on the court's complementary principle."
"If they want a trial in Libya, they must submit a request for dismissal and procedures in Libya must be conducted on the same charges as those contained in the warrant of the ICC," he said.
ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo will travel to Libya next week for talks with the transitional government on the arrest of the 39-year-old Seif, Kadhafi's one-time heir apparent.
"He will be going to Libya during the next week as part of the coordination effort with the Libyan authorities," his spokeswoman Florence Olara told AFP.
"We are coordinating with the Libyan Ministry of Justice to ensure that any solution in regards to Seif al-Islam's arrest is in accordance with the law."
�Seif was arrested in southern Libya, a senior National Transitional Council official said Saturday, after three months on the run.
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