In February 2018 '' Asharq Al-Awsat '' quoted a source who alleged Sarkozy had promised Libyan representatives improved relations between France and Libya should he be elected president , and that he would wrap-up the matter of the bombing of UTA Flight 772 . As recently as 2018 , Saif al-Islam reiterated his 2011 claim , and has since also added that a former officer of the Libyan intelligence service was at that time in possession of a recording of a meeting between Muammar Gaddafi and Sarkozy that occurred in Tripoli in 2007 and at which payments were discussed
UTA Flight 772
UTA Flight 772
Alleged Libyan financing in the 2007 French presidential election