US diplomat Burns to attend Doha meeting on Libya

WASHINGTON: William Burns, the number three diplomat at the US State Department, will attend international talks on Libya in Qatar later this week, the State Department said Monday.

"Under secretary for Political Affairs, William J. Burns will travel to Doha, Qatar, for the meeting of the Contact Group on Libya April 12-13," the State Department said in statement.

"He will be accompanied by Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip H. Gordon and Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman," it added.

The group, set up in late March at a London international conference held to give political leadership to UN-mandated air strikes against Qadhafi's Libya, is to review the state of play four weeks into the military campaign.