New York, Sept 18, SPA -- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice conferred with her Libyan counterpart Abd al-Rahman Shalgam. The meeting, the latest sign of the warming relations between Tripoli and Washington, took place on the sidelines of the current General Assembly session. "We have had a very good discussion of a path toward Libyan-US relations that will lead us to better and better relations between our people, between our governments," Rice told reporters. US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch traveled to Tripoli last June. "Libya made a historic decision to get rid of its weapons of mass destruction and I think that it is paying off for Libya in the sense that American companies are there, that we are having this meeting and that we are talking about how to continue and push forward our relationship," Rice said. "It has been a good thing for the world and for the international community to see the leadership of Libya and your leader making this historic decision, and a decision that was taken for peace," she was quoted as saying by foreign news agencies.--SPA1255 Local Time 0955 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/290091