Libyan Foreign Minister Musa Kusa?resigned his post and traveled to the United Kingdom under his?own free will, a British?Foreign Office spokesperson said Wednesday.

Libyan Foreign Minister Musa Kusa [Xinhua file?photo]

"We can confirm that Musa Kusa arrived at Farnborough Airport on 30 March from Tunisia. He travelled here under his own free will. He has told us that he is resigning his post. We are discussing this with him and we will release further detail in due course," said the spokesperson.?

 

"We encourage those around Gaddafi to abandon him and embrace a better future for Libya that allows political transition and real reform that meets the aspirations of the Libyan people," the spokesperson urged.

Musa Kusa's profile:

Musa Kusa is one of the most important figures in Gaddafi's government?and he has served as the Foreign Minister since March 2009.

He attended American Michigan State University, located in East Lansing, Michigan, earning a bachelor's in sociology in 1978,?according to the Wikipedia. ?

Kussa worked as a security specialist for Libyan embassies in Europe before being appointed as Libya's Ambassador to the United Kingdom in 1980. He was expelled from the United Kingdom in 1980, after stating in an interview with The Times newspaper that his government intented to eliminate two political opponents of the Libyan government, who were living in the UK, according to the Wikipedia.

Later he served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 1994 and as the head of the Libyan intelligence agency from 1994 to 2009. He was a key figure in the normalization of relations between Libya and many NATO nations, including the United States and the United Kingdom, Wikipedia said.