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The US state department has said it is standing by an international agreement requiring the Lockerbie bomber to serve his sentence in Scotland. | |
Acting Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Volker told BBC Scotland he expected the original deal to be "followed through". | Acting Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Volker told BBC Scotland he expected the original deal to be "followed through". |
The UK and Libya recently struck an agreement over prisoner transfers. | The UK and Libya recently struck an agreement over prisoner transfers. |
Scottish ministers have been promised a veto on any bid by Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi to return to Libya. | |
'Justice served' | 'Justice served' |
There has been concern that the convicted bomber may be able to mount a legal challenge to serve the remainder of his sentence in Libya because of the UK's general agreement on transfers with Colonel Gaddafi's regime. | There has been concern that the convicted bomber may be able to mount a legal challenge to serve the remainder of his sentence in Libya because of the UK's general agreement on transfers with Colonel Gaddafi's regime. |
Mr Volker told BBC Scotland: "We negotiated these arrangements to bring the perpetrators to justice. This was part of the settlement that was done at the time and we think it important that justice be served. | Mr Volker told BBC Scotland: "We negotiated these arrangements to bring the perpetrators to justice. This was part of the settlement that was done at the time and we think it important that justice be served. |
"Those are the arrangements and it's important that they be followed through and that justice be served for the memory of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing." | "Those are the arrangements and it's important that they be followed through and that justice be served for the memory of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing." |
Megrahi is serving life for killing 270 people in the 1988 bombing. | Megrahi is serving life for killing 270 people in the 1988 bombing. |
He was convicted in 2001 of blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie. | He was convicted in 2001 of blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie. |
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