Moscow, April 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi held telephone talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about the possible ceasefire in the North African country, Libya's official news agency Jana reported.

 
 The conversation between Al-Mahmoudi and Lavrov came after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's troops pulled out of the rebel-held city of Misrata.
 
 Lavrov proposed sending observers to Libya and stepping up a peaceful solution to the conflict.
 
 "Russia stands by the Libyan people," Jana quoted Lavrov as saying.