Meanwhile the leaders of Liberia and Libya issued a joint statement expressing their commitment to end the war in Sierra Leone. Their declaration came at the end of a three-day visit to Libya by Liberian President Charles Taylor, Reuters reported quoting broadcasts on Libyan state-run television.
Taylor, also a former warlord in Liberia's civil war, has strong links with Libya and Sierra Leone's rebel Revolutionary United Front.
West African leaders are supporting efforts to begin consultative talks between the rebels and their imprisoned political leader, which are intended to lead to substantive peace negotiations between the rebels and the government in Freetown.
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