Keep bomber in Scotland, says US

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Acting Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Volker said it was important the original arrangements were followed through.

There has been speculation that Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi could mount a legal challenge to serve the remainder of his sentence in Libya.

The UK government last year began negotiations over a prisoner transfer agreement with Libya.

But Justice Secretary Jack Straw insisted no deal had been done with Libya over the transfer of the Lockerbie bomber.

He said it would be for Scottish ministers to decide if Al Megrahi is returned to his home country.

Al Megrahi is currently serving a minimum of 27 years for the bombing, in which Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie in 1988, killing 270 people.

Mr Volker told BBC Scotland: "Those were part of the arrangements and it's important that they be followed through and that justice be served for the memory of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing."