Thursday, May 12, 2011

The EU will shortly open a diplomatic representation in Benghazi

Strasbourg. .- The new diplomatic service of the European Union (EU) will soon be represented at the Benghazi Libyan rebel stronghold in the east of Libya, said today the High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the block, Catherine Ashton. As stated in the UK, the Office of the European External Action Service (EEAS) could assist in various tasks.

Among them, he said "help in education, health care, border security, with the kind of help we can offer and we want to offer them," Ashton said in Strasbourg. SEAE office, created at the request of the Lisbon Treaty, will not only support the Libyan population, but also civil society and the rebels of the National Transition Council, which lumps those who struggle against the Libyan leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi, said Ashton.

The EU agreed in March to hold talks with the Council, after confirming that the bloc is no longer willing to negotiate anything with Qaddafi. In that sense, Ashton today launched a new warning against the Libyan strongman. "Let's be clear: Gaddafi must go and end the regime."

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