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Gaddafi to Russian politician by telephone: "We will win"
Aug 23, 2011, 15:17 GMT
Moscow - Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi on Tuesday told a Russian politician by telephone that he was confident of victory in the country's civil war, the Interfax news agency reported.
'I want to thank all the people in the world who have sympathy for the Libya people. I am sure that we will win,' Gaddafi was quoted as saying.
Gaddafi, according to the report, made the remarks in a short telephone conversation with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, a prominent Russian politician and former head of the Kamykia province.
Ilyumzhinov told Interfax Gadaffi sounded upbeat as he spoke in Arabic. Gadaffi's eldest son Muhammad translated his father's remarks into English, according to the report.
There was no outside confirmation of Ilumzhinov's description of the conversation with Gaddafi.
Ilumzhinov has served as President of the World Chess Federation since 1995. He played a promotional round of chess against Gaddafi in Tripoli in July.
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