Sunday, May 29, 2011

Russia asked to intervene to secure the withdrawal of Qaddafi

According to a Russian official on the sidelines of the G8 in Deauville, Russia is ready to play an intermediary role for the departure of Muammar Gaddafi. "If the tone of respect observed by Russia in its dialogue with the Libyan authorities helped Mr. Gaddafi to make the right decision, it would in my opinion a serious and important contribution on our part to settle a serious and potentially even more dangerous for Libya and the region, "announced Friday, May 27 to press the Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.

The special representative for Africa of Moscow, Mikhail Margelov, then said to reporters that Russia had contacts in Gaddafi's entourage with whom he could negotiate his departure. "Do not we talking to Gaddafi himself, but members of his cabinet, even with his son. And we are making contacts for this purpose, so there is hope for a political solution," he said.

Russia agreed Friday to sign a final declaration of the G8 in which the departure of Colonel Gaddafi is requested. "We believe that Colonel Qaddafi has lost its legitimacy with regard to its actions," agreed Sergei Ryabkov. "Obviously, we need to help him leave," he said. "Gaddafi and the Libyan government failed to fulfill their responsibility to protect the Libyan people and have lost all legitimacy.

He has no future in a free and democratic Libya. He must go, "states the text adopted by the G8. Since March 19th, France, the United Kingdom and the United States intervened militarily to prevent troops loyal to the Libyan leader to regain control of the city of Benghazi , a stronghold of rebellion.

Russia, if it had not attempted to oppose the vote on the resolution of the Security Council, had been strongly criticized the military intervention, believing that the West turned away towards the mandate they had been given. At the end of the G8 summit, President Sarkozy has insisted that "we need help" the Russian president, Dmitri Medvedev, to find a solution to the crisis.

Recalling that if Gaddafi persistently ignoring calls from the international community requiring him to relinquish power, there would be no alternative to a "intensification of military intervention to protect people."

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