Military committee official in Tripoli speaks to AA

TRIPOLI (A.A) - October 31, 2011 - Abdel Hakim Belhaj, in charge of the military committee responsible for keeping order in Tripoli, has said that the Libyan National Transitional Council's (NTC) soldiers would hand over their weapons to officials as soon as possible. Replying to questions of AA correspondent, Belhaj said that he was deeply sorry about the loss of lives in the earthquake that shook the eastern province of Van in Turkey. Answering a question on works conducted by NTC, Belhaj said that they tried to form public institutions first. Belhaj said that objective of the revolution that they started on February 17 was to establish a state based on law and justice, and security was an important part of it. Belhaj said they did not want heavy weapons to be in streets of the capital and they were trying to put an end to it. Replying to a question, he said that weapons held by revolutionists would be handed over to officials soon, stating that these weapons would be placed in depots of the Interior Ministry. Asked when the transitional government would be established, Belhaj said that October 23 was declared as the liberation day of Libya, and the government was expected to be formed within one month as of the liberation day.