Libyan rebels rejected Col. Muammar Gaddafi's offer of talks and threatened to resume an offensive on Sirte unless tribal leaders in that city agreed to surrender peacefully.
The rebels had previously captured Ben Jawad in the eastern part of the country, which forced regime followers to flee from that city.
"I want to say clearly that we do not recognize them. We consider them to be criminals and we will arrest them very soon. The idea of negotiations is a fantasy of what is left of the dictatorship," Minister of Information in the Transitional National Council, Mahmoud Shamam, told reporters.
Gaddafi expressed his willingness to discuss the transfer of power
Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is ready for talks on the transfer of power, his spokesman announced, the BBC reports.
The spokesman said Gaddafi's son, Sadi, would lead the negotiations.
Sadi Gaddafi
Libyan rebels who now control most of Libya, including the capital Tripoli, believe Gaddafi is still hiding in Libya.
The BBC's John Lane said the offer shows how delusional Colonel Gaddafi and his supporters are.
The Libyan opposition has announced that supplies of fuel and water are arriving in Tripoli, as they fear that Gaddafi's forces have poisoned the water in the capital.
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