ROME - While hunting the coalition continue to whiz on Libya, the situation is more complex on the diplomatic front. The transition of command of NATO operations, taken for granted after the French groomed Obama yesterday, 24 hours after a scenario is likely but by no means easy to achieve. At midday the solution, as articulated in the division seemed detected between leadership and coordination of military operations in the hands of the Alliance, and political leadership of the coalition for intervention in Libya, headed a committee which will make contact not only by the countries involved but also the Arab League and African Union.
The French foreign minister, Alain Juppe, announced the first meeting of the Committee in London on March 29, Downing Street confirmed. But from Brussels in the evening comes the cold shower: the 28 NATO member countries remain divided on the Alliance's role in the international coalition.
The meeting of the North Atlantic Council ended with a stalemate on the agreement, said a NATO source. A further meeting would be held tomorrow. "No News", indicate other diplomatic sources, thus dismissing the negative result of talks which have been going non-stop since last Thursday, with moments of great tension between the partners.
The problem to solve is the Alliance's role in operations decided by the international community to respect Libya's Resolution 1973 of UN Security Council, which authorized the use of military force, not of land, to defend the population civil. The point of contrast concerns, particularly over control to the no-fly zones over Libya.
Italy is pressing for a unified command of the coalition under the umbrella of NATO, France is open only to the role of "technical, not political. If the coalition to pass under the command of NATO, the baseline would be in Italy, in Naples. In the meantime, became operational military control in the Mediterranean dell'Allenza to stop the illegal flow of weapons to Libya.
Operation that delivers to them a leading role: Italian is the command, the operational responsibility of the embargo on the transport of weapons and mercenaries implemented by the Atlantic Alliance, assigned to Admiral Rinaldo Veri. Besides the flagship, Italy provides three other ships and a submarine.
Four vessels are Turkish, one Canadian, one Spanish, one English, one Greek and one American. In addition to two other Italian submarine, a Spaniard and a turkish. Finally, two auxiliary vessels, one Italian and one Turkish. 
The French foreign minister, Alain Juppe, announced the first meeting of the Committee in London on March 29, Downing Street confirmed. But from Brussels in the evening comes the cold shower: the 28 NATO member countries remain divided on the Alliance's role in the international coalition.
The meeting of the North Atlantic Council ended with a stalemate on the agreement, said a NATO source. A further meeting would be held tomorrow. "No News", indicate other diplomatic sources, thus dismissing the negative result of talks which have been going non-stop since last Thursday, with moments of great tension between the partners.
The problem to solve is the Alliance's role in operations decided by the international community to respect Libya's Resolution 1973 of UN Security Council, which authorized the use of military force, not of land, to defend the population civil. The point of contrast concerns, particularly over control to the no-fly zones over Libya.
Italy is pressing for a unified command of the coalition under the umbrella of NATO, France is open only to the role of "technical, not political. If the coalition to pass under the command of NATO, the baseline would be in Italy, in Naples. In the meantime, became operational military control in the Mediterranean dell'Allenza to stop the illegal flow of weapons to Libya.
Operation that delivers to them a leading role: Italian is the command, the operational responsibility of the embargo on the transport of weapons and mercenaries implemented by the Atlantic Alliance, assigned to Admiral Rinaldo Veri. Besides the flagship, Italy provides three other ships and a submarine.
Four vessels are Turkish, one Canadian, one Spanish, one English, one Greek and one American. In addition to two other Italian submarine, a Spaniard and a turkish. Finally, two auxiliary vessels, one Italian and one Turkish.
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