Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Sarkozy meets with members of his Government to consider operating in Libya

.- French President Nicolas Sarkozy, meeting this afternoon to members of his government to discuss the progress of military operations against the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi said the Elysee. A French presidential spokesman told Efe that the meeting aims to "examine the status of operations." Sarkozy has called on Prime Minister François Fillon, the foreign minister, Alain Juppe and Defense, Gérard Longuet, and the Chief of Army, Edouard Guillaud.

Not expected or that the French president made a public intervention or that the other attendees to make statements at the end of the meeting. Eventually, the Elysee could make a public statement. Who himself is scheduled to speak is the Ministry of Defence, which has convened a press conference at 17.30 (16.30 GMT) by their own spokesperson and with the Army Staff on the progress of military intervention in regard to French media.

The department acknowledged today that for now there is no centralized control of international action against Gaddafi's forces, but insisted that the staffs of the three countries that have military implications far-France, United Kingdom and the United States are "coordinated." France was the first to launch their planes to Libya yesterday afternoon, while in Paris celebrating the summit hosted by Sarkozy to bring the states that have sought to imply.

Since this morning the French planes had returned to operations in the North African country, mainly from the base of Solenzara (Corsica) and Istres (near Marseille). In addition, your device will be strengthened with the aircraft carrier 'Charles de Gaulle', which sailed in the early hours of this morning from Toulon towards the conflict zone with a crew of about two thousand soldiers and a dozen aircraft, including a half of fighters.

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