Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Libya: for Juppe, the intervention will be completed in a few months

The intervention in Libya should be completed within a few months later by Alain Juppe. During the current issues in the National Assembly, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has in fact ensured that the regime of Muammar Qaddafi suffered many defections and that the opposition was organized. The head of French diplomacy reiterated that the other objective of the coalition assembled under the leadership of NATO was to "increase the military pressure" after two months of intervention.

France has also accelerate the search for a political solution. Meanwhile, the National Transitional Council (CNT) Libyan member of the rebellion against Muammar Gaddafi has announced the upcoming appointment of a representative in Paris. Bernard Valero, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, could not indicate whether this representative of the CNT in Paris would have diplomatic status, or if he moved in the Libyan embassy.

"We are naturally quite favorable to the installation of a permanent representation of the CNT in France and we are working actively with the CNT with whom we maintain very close relations and Fair: Representatives of the CNT are received at the highest level Our ambassador, Antoine Sivan, the daily meeting in Benghazi, "he said.

Antoine Sivan, so far as Paris described as "representative" diplomatic French, had been dispatched from Paris in late March in Benghazi, a stronghold of the rebellion, to maintain contacts with the rebels. France is not the only country to welcome representatives of the rebels: the United States said on Tuesday that the NLC would open a representative office in Washington at the invitation of President Barack Obama.

Britain was the first Western country to announce the opening of an office in London of the CNT. With Jordan, who also ruled Tuesday the United States join the group of countries which, in addition to France, recognized the CNT, namely Italy, the United Kingdom, Gambia, Qatar. Paris proved a forerunner in the Libyan case.

France was the first country on March 10, to recognize the CNT as a legitimate representative in Libya. On 19 March she was given impetus in the military operation launched against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi and is now led by NATO. Given the risk of getting bogged down on the ground, she just decided to send combat troops, helicopters Gaddafi, ensuring always under the UN resolution authorizing it to protect civilians.

Nicolas Sarkozy has recently expressed willingness to travel to Benghazi, without specifying when.

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