Despite these setbacks, relations began to improve during the 1990s, and peaked in December 2003 when Libya announced that they would abandon their weapons of mass destruction programmes.
Meskipun demikian, hubungan mulai membaik selama tahun 1990-an dan mencapai puncaknya pada Desember 2003 setelah Libya mengumumkan bahwa mereka akan meninggalkan program senjata pemusnah massal mereka.