Tripoli, Libya - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said his forces are capable of carrying out serious peacekeeping work throughout the African continent, the official Jana news agency reported on Wednesday.
"Libya has the capability of sending forces to assure the success of peace efforts in Africa," Kadhafi said on Tuesday, following a mini-summit with the combative presidents of Eritrea and Sudan, as well as Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Jana said.
"Libya will put all its means at the disposal of African leaders," said Kadhafi, who in the past several months has sought to play a serious role on the continent and has been actively engaged in peacemaking efforts.
State television showed DRC President Laurent Kabila shaking hands with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni at the end of the meeting on Tuesday.
Kabila's troops, backed by Zimbabwean soldiers, are fighting rebels in the DRC, supported by Uganda and Rwanda.
The television also showed Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir clasping hands with his Eritrean counterpart, Issaias Afeworki.
Diplomatic relations between Sudan and Eritrea have been broken the past five years, with Khartoum accusing Asmara of supporting Sudanese rebels in the south of its territory.
According to Jana, Kadhafi said he had convinced the nations to exchange ambassadors and thanked them for "forgetting the wounds" of the past and showing a willingness to improve relations in future.
He added that Beshir had won the full support of the other leaders for the state of emergency he declared in Sudan and his dissolution of parliament.
"We are all determined to support President Beshir," Kadhafi said. - Sapa-AFP