Libya 'will cooperate in Lockerbie case'
Libya will help Scottish authorities investigate more suspects in the Lockerbie bombing, Tripoli's interim justice minister has said.
Mohammed al Alagi performed a U-turn after saying on Monday the case was "closed".
At a news conference he confirmed instead that Libya would co-operate with investigators in Scotland.
"I'd like to confirm that we are accepting any facts that might arise in this regard, if there is any suspicion about any other person," Alagi said.
"We will co-operate in this regard with whoever has any other facts, according to international treaties."
Scottish prosecutors had asked Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) to give them access to papers or witnesses that could implicate more suspects in the attack.
The suspects could include deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Former Libyan agent Abdelbaset al Megrahi was convicted of the bombing in 2001.
He was sent to a Scottish prison to serve a life sentence but released on compassionate grounds in 2009 because he has cancer.
Another Libyan was acquitted over the bombing.
Al Megrahi's release and return to a hero's welcome in Libya angered many in Britain and America, home to most of the Lockerbie victims.
Mr Alagi said he welcomed the possibility of a new investigation because "this will lead to the acquittal of Abdelbaset al Megrahi, who has been unjustly convicted".
Scottish prosecutors noted that the evidence in al Megrahi's trial suggested he had not acted alone.
Police at the time said they had submitted a list of eight other suspects whom they wanted to interview, but Gaddafi had refused to allow them to be questioned.
