London, 02 Sept-(ANA)-UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has confirmed the government did not want to see Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi die in a Scottish prison.
But he insisted there had been no "double dealing" and told the BBC the UK had "never expressed a different view" to the US over the issue.
He also insisted "no pressure" had been placed on the Scottish government ahead of its decision to release Megrahi.
Tory leader David Cameron has said ministers must be "straight".
Megrahi was freed earlier this month, eight years into a life sentence imposed for his part in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in December 1988, killing 270 people.
The Scottish government, which deals with criminal justice matters in Scotland, said the decision had been made on compassionate grounds, as Megrahi has terminal cancer. (ANA)
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