Representatives of the families of IRA victims met British government officials at Downing Street this morning to discuss the assistance they will receive in pursuing their claims for compensation against the Libyan government.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that Foreign Office officials and staff at the British embassy in Tripoli will facilitate the victims' representatives in contacts with the Libyan government when they visit Libya next month.
However the British government has stressed ministers will not be negotiating with their Libyan counterparts nor will they be a party in any legal action against Libya.
Representatives of the victims' families, including families' solicitor Jason McCue, met officials at Downing Street to discuss exactly what assistance they will get.
Afterwards Gordon Brown's spokesman described it as a very positive meeting.
About 100 victims and those bereaved by IRA attacks are seeking compensation from Libya for supplying the explosive used in bombings in the 1980s and 1990s.
