The US and UK have recognised the Libyan opposition, the Transitional National Council (TNC), as the country's legitimate governing authority.
But on March 10, Mr. Sarkozy met with two representatives of the Libyan Transitional National Council, the main Libyan opposition.
His colleagues have been sending the coordinates of military operation centres there to Nato, via the Transitional National Council in Benghazi.
The Libya contact group meeting has offered up some strong words of support for the Transitional National Council of the rebels, the opposition group.
On Sunday, Mahmoud Jibril outlined plans to put the various informal military units that have fought against Col Gaddafi under the control of the Transitional National Council.
British liberal MEP Edward McMillan-Scott - and MEPs from across the spectrum - urged the EU to formally recognise the Libyan opposition, the Provisional Transitional National Council.
And she said in the fall, she met with Mustafa Abdul Jalil, chairman of Libya's Transitional National Council, who has said he has proof Gadhafi ordered the bombing.
Separately the new justice minister in Tripoli who succeeded Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, the leader of the Benghazi-based temporary government known as the Interim Transitional National Council, also addressed reporters Saturday.
That should not surprise anyone who's been watching Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the Libyan Transitional National Council spokesman: that prominent bruise in the middle of his forehead is called a zubibah.
Libya had threatened to reveal more about the "grave secret" if France went ahead with its decision to recognise the rebel Transitional National Council as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people.
However, several leading members of the transitional parliament, known as the National Transitional Council, refused to approve any armed response against the militants because of their fear of sparking an internecine war.
The National Transitional Council has been plagued by infighting and the emergence of factions.
So the French president, without consulting his European partners, broke ranks and recognised the National Transitional Council (NTC).
The rebels are reportedly represented by the so-called National Transitional Council led by several of Gaddafi's former ministers.
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On July 7, Libyans are to choose 200 representatives of the National Congress, which would replace the ruling National Transitional Council.
The incident comes as Libya's governing National Transitional Council prepares to hold elections for a constituent assembly in the coming weeks.
Libya's National Transitional Council said Sunday it regrets what happened, calling it "unethical, irresponsible and criminal, " and promised to prosecute those responsible.
The national transitional council in the Central African Republic has elected the rebel leader who seized power last month, Michel Djotodia, as interim president.
Earlier this month, Libya's interim National Transitional Council handed power to a newly elected assembly, in the first peaceful transition in the country's modern history.
You see it in the growth of the National Transitional Council.
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He then spoke with Mustafa Abdel Jalil, Chairman of the National Transitional Council (NTC) of Libya, and Mahmoud Jibril, Head of the NTC Executive Committee.
Fearing their community was being marginalized, a group calling itself the Libyan Amazigh Congress announced it was suspending all relations with the National Transitional Council (NTC).
Varying accounts of how he was killed were then given by officials including Mr Jalil, who chaired the now-dissolved National Transitional Council (NTC) when Gen Younes was shot.
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The National Transitional Council maintains he was killed in crossfire.
Mr Rasmussen said he had held talks with National Transitional Council (NTC) leaders, including its chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil, about Libya's future and the roadmap for transition to democracy.
In an attempt to attract foreign investment, in March Libya approved a law that will introduce Sharia-compliant banking and stimulate the country's private sector, according to the ruling National Transitional Council.
During a televised interview with Euronews in March 2011, after France recognized the National Transitional Council as the legitimate authority in Libya, Gadhafi's son claimed Libya contributed to the Sarkozy campaign.
Some members of the National Transitional Council are seething.
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Some say the delay reflects fears within the National Transitional Council, the 43-man proto-parliament under Mr Abdul Jalil, that the end of military fighting might herald the onset of harsher political skirmishing.
Many rebels who fought to oust Gaddafi have been drawn into official security entities, but many more remain aligned to strong regional brigades, presenting a security challenge for the ruling National Transitional Council.
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