France's Foreign Ministry said Monday it has reopened its embassy in Libya, part of a hurried effort to assess needs in war-battered Tripoli and around the country after the fall of Muammar Gadhafi.
Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said on France's RTL radio "there's no time to lose" to help foster reconstruction in Libya, and French diplomats were looking to pick up the pieces of the pillaged embassy.
Paris is preparing to host an international conference on Libya on Thursday, aimed in part at giving support to the rebel Transitional National Council.
France was the first country to recognize the TNC as Libya's government, and sent a diplomatic representation to its headquarters in northeastern Benghazi.
–AP