Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu shakes hands with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Rome. AFP photo
Posted on 05/06/2011 8:01:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Turkey's expanded road map for a cease-fire and transition in Libya was rejected by a Libyan opposition spokesperson following a meeting Thursday of the Libya Contact Group in Rome.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said after the meeting, however, that there was a "certain agreement" on the road map, and that a plan announced at the talks by Libya's Transitional National Council was very similar to the one proposed by Turkey...
The Libyan opposition rebuffed Turkey's road map in the wake of the Rome meeting, calling it unrealistic...
Mechanisms to achieve a cease-fire in Libya, or some other way to sustain a truce, should be established by the United Nations within one week's time, or at most 10 days, Davutoglu told reporters Friday...
At the international meeting Thursday in Rome, Davutoglu detailed Turkey's road map, which includes an immediate cease-fire and establishing necessary mechanisms for transition in one week. These are the withdrawal of troops from Libya's cities, humanitarian aid and the establishment of a political rule including all parties, Foreign Ministry spokesman Selcuk Unal told reporters Friday.
The road map also calls for holding elections in six month's time... includes U.N. mechanisms for both humanitarian aid corridors and peace monitoring...
Asked whether the use of frozen assets belonging to the Libyan administration to aid the rebels had been assessed in Turkey, Unal said many countries were carrying out works on the issue. He said Turkey was carrying out the necessary work under U.N. Security Council resolutions.
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Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu shakes hands with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Rome. AFP photo
The question I have is, when will Turkey move “peacekeeping” troops into Libya?
In good time. They don't want to...hurriyet.
If Russia attacked Turkey from the rear, do you think Greece would help?
My wild guess is, Turkey’s offer included sanctuary in Turkey for Gaddafy and his family and entourage, where he (and they) could live out their lives in relative comfort and safety.
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