Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Obama warns supporters that Gaddafi will answer for their acts

Washington / Brussels. .- The President of USA. UU., Barack Obama warned supporters today to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to answer for their acts and the use of violence against the rebels, and acknowledged that the military option is still under study. "I say to those who are with him, that depends on them make the decision about how they want to operate from now on," Obama said during a meeting with Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, said that while the military option is still being considered by NATO allies.

U.S. President. UU. said that both leaders share a "very firm conviction" that the violence being perpetrated by the government of Colonel "is unacceptable." Obama stressed that at this very moment, NATO is conducting consultations in Brussels about a wide range of possible measures, including "potential military options" to address violence in Libya.

The president also said that humanitarian aid has authorized additional $ 15 million to be given to organizations working in Libya. American aid and humanitarian efforts will be coordinated with the UN to provide those affected what they need and ensure that you can answer any additional emergency that may arise.

Obama also reiterated that both EE. UU. and the Government of Australia strongly defend democracy and human rights and therefore support the Libyans at a time of "wanton violence" and continuous disposal of democratic ideals in Libya. Penalties of 27Por its part, the Twenty finalized an agreement to extend the sanctions imposed by the EU to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and others in their environment, to include in the list to several companies, including Libyan sovereign fund ( LIA), as reported by European diplomatic sources, which provide that Member States decide by noon on Tuesday.

The work for this decision "is still ongoing," according to service sources have told the High Representative for EU Foreign Policy, Catherine Ashton, who have explained that a decision could come "very soon, before the end of the week ". The goal is to occur before foreign ministers meet in Brussels on Thursday to prepare the special summit convened a day later, on Friday 11 for the Heads of State and Government of the Union address the situation in Libya .

However, European diplomatic sources say that there was a proposal on the table to extend the asset freeze Libyan investment fund and other entities involved in the scheme and that Member States have until "noon on Tuesday" to rule . "If any (of delegations) has a negative answer may be decided tomorrow (Tuesday)," said the source.

Threat of NATO Secretary General of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, today called on Libya a transition to democracy and warned the regime of Muammar al-Gaddafi that there will be an international response if it continues to use violence. "If Gaddafi and his military forces are systematically targeting the population, I can not imagine that the international community is facing," said Rasmussen about a possible intervention in the North African country, where it considers may be committing "crimes against humanity ".

At the same time, made clear that NATO is not planning any military action now and stressed that only intervene if asked and has an appropriate mandate for the United Nations.

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