Families of victims of the Lockerbie bombing have welcomed a compensation deal worth up to £1.7 billion but pledged to continue campaigning for an independent inquiry.
Libya pledged on Wednesday to transfer the money - estimated at around £6 million for each of the 270 victims of the bombing - to a Swiss bank account in return for the lifting of sanctions.
However the British Foreign Office says the delivery of letter from the Libyan government to the UN Security Council agreeing the conditions - of taking responsibility for the bombing, renouncing terrorism and paying compensation to the families - had been delayed by power cuts in the US.
Speaking after a briefing for families at the Foreign Office, the Rev John Mosey, whose 19-year-old daughter Helga died in the bombing, said he was pleased the settlement would enable Libya to return to the international community.
However, he added the families would continue to push for an independent inquiry into the bombing.
Mr Mosey, 63, said: "Although we did not learn a lot more than we already knew, it is good to hear confirmation from an official source that the deal is on the table.
"For some I hope the compensation will bring closure. For many of us it is almost a distraction to finding the truth about why this horrendous thing was allowed to happen in the face of 10 warnings. Why was nothing done?"
Dr Jim Swire, 67, whose daughter Flora was killed in the bombing on the eve of her 24th birthday, said: "The big questions have never been allowed to be answered.
"We have been given no answer as to why this very preventable horror was allowed to happen.
"Compensation is one part of a very complicated process. It doesn't seem to me to bring us any closer to the truth we have been fighting for 15 years."
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