National Transitional Council
On 18 March, Danish Foreign Minister Lene Espersen met with National Transitional Council representative Ali Zeidan. On 25 March, Danish politician Naser Khader supported a Danish recognition of the National Transitional Council as the legitimate government of Libya. On 19 April, the Libyan Observatory for Democracy and Human Rights, a non-governmental organization and umbrella organization for the National Transitional Council opened an office in Copenhagen. Denmark was among the countries a council spokesman said on 5 May 2011 had recognized the National Transitional Council as the Libyan government. However, Danish government spokesperson Jean Ellermann Kingombe said Copenhagen hadn't taken that step but considers the council "a relevant partner for dialogue". On 22 June, Denmark recognized the National Transitional Council as the sole legitimate representative of Libya.