Switzerland's president has issued an apology over the arrest of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's son last year.
Hannibal Kadhafi and his wife were arrested in Geneva on July 2008 after two of their staff claimed they had been mistreated.
The couple were eventually freed after two days in custody and the complaint was dropped after lawyers for the staff said they had received compensation.
On Thursday, Hans-Rudolf Merz issued an apology during a press conference in Tripoli with Libyan prime minister Baghdadi Mahmudi.
'I express to the Libyan people my apologies for the unjust arrest of Libyan diplomats by Geneva police,' he said.
Libya responded to the arrests last year by suspending oil deliveries to Switzerland and withdrawing assets worth an estimated five billion euros from Swiss banks.
Hannibal Kadhafi and his wife were arrested in Geneva on July 2008 after two of their staff claimed they had been mistreated.
The couple were eventually freed after two days in custody and the complaint was dropped after lawyers for the staff said they had received compensation.
On Thursday, Hans-Rudolf Merz issued an apology during a press conference in Tripoli with Libyan prime minister Baghdadi Mahmudi.
'I express to the Libyan people my apologies for the unjust arrest of Libyan diplomats by Geneva police,' he said.
Libya responded to the arrests last year by suspending oil deliveries to Switzerland and withdrawing assets worth an estimated five billion euros from Swiss banks.
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