The Arab League gave its full backing to Libya's rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people on Thursday and said it was time for Libya to return to its permanent seat on the League's council.
"We agreed that it is time for Libya to take back its legitimate seat and place at the Arab League. The NTC will be the legitimate representative of the Libyan state," the League's Secretary General Nabil Elaraby told reporters.
The NTC's representative at the League, Abdelmoneim el-Houni, said Libya would resume its League membership at a meeting of Arab ministers on Saturday.
The Arab League suspended Libya's membership in February after Muammar Gaddafi's forces launched a bloody crackdown to try to stop the uprising spreading in the east of the country.
In March the league backed a no-fly zone over Libya patrolled by mostly western powers. This move by the League was regarded as a historic move given Arab opposition to the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Since then, the League has sent only medical and humanitarian aid to Libya.