Sen. Mark Kirk said he doesn’t expect the Libyan government to need any foreign assistance from the United States, and he predicted that fighting in Libya will likely end next month.

“Libya does not need foreign assistance funding from the United States” the Illinois Republican said in a conference call today from Malta after visiting Libya and speaking with Transitional National Council officials. “Libya is the formal owner of over $100 billion in assets seized from [former Libyan leader Moammar] Gadhafi.

“I was reassured by the key figures — the [TNC] chairman, the prime minister and the finance minister — that they have adequate resources for their [needs] right now. And they were laying out the key project of building a national army to weld together all these militias that defeated Gadhafi,” Kirk continued.

Kirk was part of a delegation of Senators led by John McCain (R-Ariz.) and including Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). All of them met with TNC and military commanders and visited Martyrs’ Square in Tripoli.

The junior Senator from Illinois also said he hopes the United States soon releases $34 billion of seized Gadhafi funds and makes them available to the TNC.