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Australia–Libya relations are thebilateral relations between Australia andLibya. The two countries are members of the United Nations.
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 4 January 1978.[1]
Australia and Libya announced the establishment of diplomatic relations on 4 January 1978.[2] A Libyan People's Bureau was opened in Canberra and the Australian ambassador to Italy was accredited on a non-resident basis. Concerns about Libyan destabilising activities in the Pacific region, part of a broader sponsorship byMuammar Gaddafi of such activities around the world, led to the expulsion of the Bureau in Canberra in 1987.[3][4]
As part of the thawing of relations between Libya and Western nations following Gaddafi's post 9-11 policy u-turns, diplomatic relations were restored in 2002, the Libyan People's Bureau reopened in Canberra and the Australian ambassador in Rome resumed non-resident accreditation. This has remained the case, though with the Bureau's name reverting to embassy following the overthrow of Gaddafi.
Australia was a major non-military backer of the revolutionaries during theLibyan Civil War, sending more humanitarian aid to Libya than any other single country after the United States.[5][6] It was relatively early to recognise the NTC, doing so on 9 June 2011, months before thecapture ofTripoli.[7][8]
In December 2011 Australian Foreign Affairs MinisterKevin Rudd traveled to Libya to meet with Libyan Prime MinisterAbdurrahim El-Keib. Rudd ceremonially hoisted theflag of Australia at his country's consul-general in Tripoli and pledgedCanberra's support for efforts to remove unexplodedlandmines in Libya, as well as advice on Libya's planned transition to democratic governance.[9]
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