NATO will take command of military operations in Libya's intervention "on Monday or Tuesday, taking over from the US-led coalition with Britain and France, said Thursday diplomatic sources told AFP. "The NATO countries agreed to launch" this process, which "will take over on Monday or Tuesday," the sources said in Brussels, headquarters of the headquarters of the Alliance.
Minutes earlier, the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmet Davutoglu, announced that NATO would assume control of coalition military operations, after a conference with their counterparts in the United States, France and Britain. The coalition will abandon his mission as soon as possible and will trust the whole operation to NATO, with a single control system, "said Turkish Foreign Minister, quoted by the Anatolia news agency.
Turkey, predominantly Muslim country only NATO member, had so far blocked any decision to confer a major weight to the Alliance in international intervention against the forces of Muammar Gadhafi regime. Allies negotiated intensely over the last days of the organization's role in operations.
Besides Turkey, France fears that a too important role of NATO cause rejection of the Arab world and therefore demands that the political leadership of the intervention rests in the hands of a group of Western countries, Arab and African. While international governments discuss new military operations in Libya, coalition aircraft continued for the sixth consecutive night bombed the Libyan capital, state television reported.
The official television channel said the shelling began the evening in Tripoli and said the attack targeted residential areas Tayura district, south of the capital.
Minutes earlier, the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmet Davutoglu, announced that NATO would assume control of coalition military operations, after a conference with their counterparts in the United States, France and Britain. The coalition will abandon his mission as soon as possible and will trust the whole operation to NATO, with a single control system, "said Turkish Foreign Minister, quoted by the Anatolia news agency.
Turkey, predominantly Muslim country only NATO member, had so far blocked any decision to confer a major weight to the Alliance in international intervention against the forces of Muammar Gadhafi regime. Allies negotiated intensely over the last days of the organization's role in operations.
Besides Turkey, France fears that a too important role of NATO cause rejection of the Arab world and therefore demands that the political leadership of the intervention rests in the hands of a group of Western countries, Arab and African. While international governments discuss new military operations in Libya, coalition aircraft continued for the sixth consecutive night bombed the Libyan capital, state television reported.
The official television channel said the shelling began the evening in Tripoli and said the attack targeted residential areas Tayura district, south of the capital.
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