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In the past many Poles worked in Libya, now the relationship with Libya is being reestablished again!

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WARSAW (AFP) - Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka is to travel to Libya on Wednesday for a two-day visit that will include talks on Polish-Libyan cooperation in the oil sector, officials said here.

"Poland is looking to diversify its sources of gas and oil supplies and Libya could become a potential source," said deputy foreign minister Boguslaw Zaleski.

Belka will be accompanied by a large delegation from the Polish oil industry.

Poland is anxious to re-establish the close economic ties it had with Libya when the Communist Party was in power here in the 1970s and 1980s.

In those two decades, some 130,000 Poles worked in Libya on road and rail development projects and many Libyans pursued their studies in Poland, according to Zaleski.

The two countries are also trying to resolve the question of Poland's 30-million-dollar debt to Libya, which dates from the 1970-1980s.

Khaddafi has mellowed. He made deals with USA & Israel.

I had a family member who worked in Libya back then I believe. My father has told me stories of how strict they were there. If a driver got arrested, so did his "car" and it was put in jail (more of an impound lot).