2011年4月14日星期四

NATO Libya to effort boost

12 April 2011 last updated at 17: 36 GMT Alain Juppe: ' should NATO play their role fully' must do more NATO used by Muammar Al-Qadhafi in Libya forces to destroy heavy weapons, which said the French and British Foreign Ministers.

Libyan civilians remain at risk, France's Alain Juppe said that despite the current NATO led bombing campaign.

Britain's William Hague urged to step up military operations, NATO allies, but a NATO General said the Alliance "a great was doing job".

Libyan rebels against Col Gaddafi have despite the air strikes have been pushed back.

Pro-Gaddafi forces started artillery fresh attacks on the rebel held town Misratah on Tuesday.

Misurata was siege for more than six weeks of the last rebel held area in the West, with rights groups warning of lack of food and medical care.

'Strengthen efforts'

Commented that military campaign, said Foreign Minister Alain Juppe in Libya has not "enough" was.

Continue reading the most important story image of Gavin Hewitt Gavin Hewitt BBC Europe Editor, Paris

What Mr Juppe is a growing sense of frustration about the way comments, which is the military operation. For several weeks, intervention by NATO have been on Libya and other aircraft and still Col Gaddafi's forces can use still heavy weapons against civilians in Misurata.

It is a fear that we could be a kind of stalemate - some sense that would be unacceptable to the French and others.

Make no mistake, there is an implicit criticism of the NATO. The frustration creeping here also exists in London. The French find it embarrassing that some weeks after this operation the civilians in the Misratah is started will be hit with heavy weapons.

"Nato must fully play its role." You wanted to take the lead in operations, "said Mr Juppe."

Mr Hague later Mr Juppe echoed comments: "We need to maintain and expand our efforts in NATO."

"Therefore the United Kingdom in the last few weeks more aircraft of able striking targets threatening the civilian population has given."

"Of course it would be welcome, if other countries of also, the same fact," he said on arrival at a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Luxembourg.

In the French National Assembly Defense Minister Gerard Longuet said there was a limit to NATO ability.

He said "Today no support in the ground attack role, we have without the is no chance to break the siege of cities such as Misurata or teacher,".

This feeling was of a senior Libyan Mustafa Abdel Jalil rebel against. He said NATO could not save the besieged cities and appealed for arms and supplies.

Dutch Brig Gen Mark van uhm said he believed that NATO have indeed well "with the assets" we

Dutch Brig Gen Mark van uhm, head of the operations of the NATO in Libya, said however he believed that NATO act well "with the assets" that we have.

The Alliance was successful in establishing a no-fly zone, protection of civilians and enforce an arms embargo, he said, speaking at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.

Meanwhile in the United Kingdom, the Foreign Ministry confirmed that he had left most high-profile Minister, Libya, Moussa Koussa, to flee Britain for Qatar, compliance with the Emirate's Government and Libyan representatives.

A spokesman for the British Government said that Mr Koussa "a free individual,", which can travel to and from the United Kingdom was, as he wants.

Armistice rejection Moussa Koussa - a former head of Libyan intelligence - said he could no longer in the Libyan Government

NATO denied a report from the Libyan State television, that a strike by international troops killed civilians in the town of Kikla, southwest of Tripoli, on Monday.

"We can confirm, there was an air strike in the region." However, it was 21 km (13 km) southwest of the city was mentioned in the Libyan television, Kikla. "And the goal was two tanks," said gene van uhm.

On Monday the rebels a ceasefire proposal by the African Union (AU), which had adopted organization of Col Gaddafi said, refused.

The rebel Transitional National Council (TNC) said it was not feasible, as it does not include a provision to the Libyan President to step down, but the AU have prompted to rethink it.

The plan Castle one call for an immediate end of hostilities, unimpeded humanitarian aid, protection of foreign nationals, dialogue between opposing sides and an end to the NATO air strikes.

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