<p>"I can confirm that colonel Gaddafi is ready to retreat completely from political and public life with a firm engagement that we would impede the setting up of a multi party system but on the condition that the NATO airstrikes cease," Mesic said in a statement quoted by Hina news agency.<br /><br />The former president added that he had a "personal verbal message" from Gaddafi last week with the offer and added he told the Chinese, Russian and American ambassadors to Croatia about it yesterday.<br /><br />"The authorities in Tripoli have tried to get this message out via all the available channels to countries that have played a crucial role in the organisation and the operations in Libya," Mesic added in the statement.</p>
<p>"I can confirm that colonel Gaddafi is ready to retreat completely from political and public life with a firm engagement that we would impede the setting up of a multi party system but on the condition that the NATO airstrikes cease," Mesic said in a statement quoted by Hina news agency.<br /><br />The former president added that he had a "personal verbal message" from Gaddafi last week with the offer and added he told the Chinese, Russian and American ambassadors to Croatia about it yesterday.<br /><br />"The authorities in Tripoli have tried to get this message out via all the available channels to countries that have played a crucial role in the organisation and the operations in Libya," Mesic added in the statement.</p>