Mohammed al-Zouay, speaking from the Libyan capital, said the visit "will mark a new beginning between the two countries, and between Libya and Europe.
It is a positive political sign on the part of Europe, which shows that Libya deserves encouragement and to see its past bad image erased".
Zouay said Britain had "become a principal economic partner, particularly in the area of petroleum".
He said that during his visit, Blair would discuss "British aid to Libya to develop its air, land and naval defenses, one European sanctions against the country are lifted".
The European Union has still not ended the sanctions, because of the objections of Germany, which is insisting that Libya compensate the victims of a 1986 anti-American attack in Berlin that killed three people and wounded 260.
For his part, Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, one of the Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's sons, told journalists the talks will touch on "all forms of cooperation - military, economic and political".
Blair, who will become the first British prime minister to visit Libya since it gained independence in 1951, insisted yesterday that although he is to meet Kadhafi in Tripoli it did not mean he was forgetting the past misdeeds of Kadhafi's regime.
He is to fly to Tripoli this morning and to give a press conference after his meeting with Kadhafi. – Sapa-AFP.
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