The Libyan capital will soon be stable a spokesman of the Transitional National Council said Saturday, after the rebels pushed forces loyal to Moamer Gaddafi outside Tripoli, DPA reported.
"Tripoli was under control of dictatorship for 42 years," said Mahmoud Shammam, the council's information minister, adding that rebels realised they will have to start from a "below-zero point".
"We are dealing with all military issues. Soon you will hear good news about Tripoli being clear and stable. We have managed to do what many others failed to do," he said.
Shammam said that television stations and other state media would remain under the control of the executive committee, until the council forms a supervising council.
The rebels took over the headquarters of state television and radio when they entered the capital last week. State media was used by the Gaddafi regime to incite violence against the rebels.
He also vowed that the rebels will "continue looking for Gaddafi while we stabilize our country." The whereabouts of the embattled leader are unknown.
Shammam said there were plans to restock Libya with vital supplies, including 30,000 tonnes of petrol which will be distributed to the public starting Saturday.
Diesel fuel will also be arriving to help pump water into the city and the council will reopen gas supplies within two days, he said.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it will do its best to provide needed supplies in Libya.
"Many drugs are lacking in Libya and the import has been slowed down. Even drugs for cancer, diabetes, kidney failure are running out and that is a real issue," Steven Anderson, a spokesman for the ICRC in Libya said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the rebels are mobilizing more forces east and west of Sirte, Gaddafi's hometown.
Rebels were still waiting for the outcome of negotiations with tribal chiefs in the coastal city allow them to enter it without a fight.
On Friday, NATO targets around Sirte included one armoured fighting vehicle, 11 armed vehicles, two Military Shelters and one military engineer asset.
In Cairo, Mahmoud Jibril, the head of the council and known as the opposition's foreign minister is expected to meet with the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Armed Forces, Hussein Tantawi, Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, and Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr.
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