WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Britain may wish to explain the circumstances leading to last year's release of a Libyan convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and what role, if any, BP Plc may have played, to U.S. lawmakers investigating the matter, the U.S. State Department said on Friday.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the suggestion during a 12-minute telephone call with British Foreign Minister William Hague that covered several other topics, spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters.
The Scottish government has denied it had any contact with oil firm BP Plc before its decision last year to release Libyan intelligence officer Abdel Basset al-Megrahi to Tripoli on compassionate grounds.
