LONDON, March 20 (News Agencies) - Queen Elizabeth put the seal on Britain's renewed diplomatic relations with Libya when the first Libyan ambassador to London in 17 years presented his credentials Tuesday at Buckingham Palace.
Mohamed Abdul Quasim Al-Zwai, a former Libyan justice minister, arrived at the palace in a procession of three horse-drawn state carriages for the largely ceremonial presentation.
At the end of the audience he signed the queen's Visitors' Book, the only written record of proceedings except for an entry in the official Court Circular, which lists royal engagements.
Diplomatic relations with Libya were restored two years ago after Tripoli accepted responsibility for the 1984 shooting of a British policewoman and surrendered two suspects for trial over the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, southwest Scotland.
One of the two was convicted and sentenced in January to life in prison for the bombing, while the second was acquitted.
Since 1999, Libya has been represented in London by a charge d'affaires.
The policewoman, Yvonne Fletcher, was killed outside the Libyan embassy in central London by shots fired from inside the building.
Libya has now paid compensation to the murdered policewoman's family.
