Tripoli, Aug 2 (ANI): Embattled Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is getting some amount of support from Italian models who have travelled to his country to show solidarity with the Libyans in a time of crisis.
Three European beauties and their entourage accompanied by accompanied by Italian-born Alessandro Londero, owner of the modeling and hostess website Hostessweb, are presently staying at a hotel in Tripoli.
"As we came to Libya before, we wanted to come again, in this moment that is so critical, and then to go back to Italy and tell them what we saw with our own eyes," Fox News quoted Londero, as saying.
"We have many friends here in Libya and friendship is about demonstrating you are close to somebody in difficult moments. This is why we came," he added.
Gaddafi has earlier hosted many cultural visits for other young women recruited by the Rome-based agency.
As part of the exchange Italian women travelled to Libya on sponsored tours, which culminated in a visit to Gaddafi's Bedouin tent pitched in the desert where Islamic conversion were reported to have occurred.
"When we met Qaddafi there were about 1,000 people there, and all the conversations were about religion and culture and the position of women in Libya. He was trying to explain to us how things are in Libya," Londero said.
The group said that they haven't met with the Libyan leader on this trip, and there is no expectation that they will.
The Italians have visited a military academy for women, local hospitals, universities and Islamic study centers, as well as tourists spots in the country.
Londero said his group would stay for several more days.
"Being here represents the fact that Italian people are close to the Libyan people and we didn't abandon them or leave them behind as they might have thought," he said.
The group said they paid for their own airfares and is being ferried around the city as guests of the Gaddafi camp, although it's unclear if the Libyan government is picking up other expenses. (ANI)
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