Thursday, March 24, 2011

Obama and Sarkozy agree to hand over command of the mission in Libya to NATO

Paris (Wording and agencies) - France and United States agree on how to use the command structure of NATO in supporting the international coalition in Libya, said in a statement the office of President Nicolas Sarkozy. "The two presidents have agreed on how to use the command structures of NATO to support the coalition," the statement said, without giving further details, Reuters reports.

As reported by Reuters, the U.S. president. UU., Barack Obama on Tuesday showed his confidence that in the coming days the country may transfer the command of military operations in Libya to other members of the coalition. In a press conference with President of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, with which today held a bilateral meeting at the Presidential Palace in San Salvador, Obama expressed his belief that U.S.

in the coming days. UU. Under the command of the operation so far Dawn Odyssey, you can transfer control to other participants in the mission. In this regard, he recalled that today discussed the issue with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister, David Cameron. The White House said that in such discussions, the three leaders agreed that NATO will play a "key" in the command structure of the transaction.

Obama, who throughout this tour of Latin America has had to monitor the progress of military operations in Libya, said that his country has been reduced "significant" number of aircraft involved in the raid on the North African country. According to the U.S. president, the military operation has saved lives and prevented a "catastrophe" humanitarian troops as Muammar Qaddafi, who threatened to "no mercy" if they could enter the rebel stronghold, the city of Benghazi, "have been removed due to the intervention." "That is something that the American people should be proud," said Obama, who has advanced his departure from El Salvador in a few hours ago because of the situation in Libya.

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