Leaders of the Libyan rebels met with representatives from world powers on Thursday in the Elysee Palace in Paris, where they discussed the future of Libya without Muammar Gaddafi.

Nearly 60 countries sent delegations to the meeting, dubbed the "Friends of Libya" conference, hosted by France and Britain.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived early in the afternoon and talked with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and heads of the Libyan rebel National Transitional Council (NTC)Moustapha Abdeljalil and Mahmoud Jibril.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also attend the conference.

Other heads of states and governments include German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Qatar's Prime Minister Sheik Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani.

Russia and China, which voiced against the military intervention initiated by France and Britain in March, also sent envoys to take part in the discussion.

Eight international organizations also participating the one-day meeting in Paris, which is expected to be followed by a press conference.

The meeting is for the reconstruction and a "new era of cooperation with the democratic Libya," Sarkozy said on the eve at an annual conference gathering ambassadors.