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NATO members begin talks in Brussels to discuss the alliance’s options to conflict in Libya 1003113.


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Defense News - Libya
 

Thursday, March 10, 2011, 09:22 AM

 

NATO members begin talks in Brussels to discuss the alliance’s options to the conflict in Libya.

 
 
NATO defence ministers are to begin two days of talks in Brussels to discuss the alliance’s options to the turmoil in Libya. They’ll include a possible no-fly zone. But both the US and Britain are playing down any possibility of an early decision.
     
NATO defence ministers are to begin two days of talks in Brussels to discuss the alliance’s options to the turmoil in Libya. They’ll include a possible no-fly zone. But both the US and Britain are playing down any possibility of an early decision.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen
     

All members are agreed they want to see a demonstrable need to act before doing so. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen:“We are not looking to intervene in Libya, but we do the necessary planning to be prepared for all eventualities if requested.”

Enforcing a no-fly zone requires knocking out Libya’s air defences, that amounts to military intervention – not to be considered lightly. France prefers the United Nations route to sanction a no fly zone rather than emphasising NATO’s involvement which it says has an aggressive reputation among Arab nations in the region.

 
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