“I am now involved in preparations for a Tripoli trip,” Mikhail Margelov told reporters in Moscow after returning from his trip to rebel-held eastern Libya and Egypt.

Margelov said Medvedev had not ordered him to meet Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi and he instead planned to hold talks with the Libyan prime minister and foreign minister.

He did not give any details on when the trip would take place.