Wednesday, April 13, 2011

France says that NATO is not enough to protect civilians Libya

Paris .- The French foreign minister, Alain Juppe, complained Friday that NATO is not a sufficient role in Libya and asked destroy heavy weapons troops Muammar al-Gaddafi used in the bombing of the city of Misrata. "First, NATO must play its full role. NATO wanted to take the lead in operations and we accept it.

Now you must fulfill its role, ie Gaddafi would not again use heavy weapons to bombard the population," Juppe said in an interview with radio station 'France Info'. This is the Atlantic Alliance "destroy heavy weapons now bombarding Misrata" he added. The French minister said would raise this issue at the meeting Tuesday in Luxembourg with his European Union colleagues will attend an envoy of Libyan opposition and which will be discussed in particular the sending of a humanitarian mission to assist most affected by the fighting.

"We have to work hard and emphasize the humanitarian aid the EU (...) and did not involve the military part of the operation should give priority to this humanitarian aid," he said in relation to the Luxembourg meeting . Asked about the risk of a partition of Libya, the French foreign minister said that "everybody wants to avoid." Juppe said that this is the purpose of the meeting in Doha to "initiate a political dialogue" between the National Transitional Council (CNT) and "the authorities of the Libyan civil society" and "in Tripoli say they do not no future with Gaddafi, who are becoming more.

" France, which was the first country to launch attacks against the forces of the Libyan leader, was then somewhat reluctant to address the pass to NATO operations under the United States withdrew from the forefront of the intervention.

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