G-8 ministers to seek harmony on Libya at Monday meet

[JanDutchy]

Source: Fabrice Randoux / AFP

The group of eight nations will take stock of efforts by host France and Britain for a UNSC resolution on a no-fly zone, backed by the Arab League.

Paris: G-8 powers will seek a united front on the conflict in Libya amid calls to enforce a no-fly zone there, at a meeting of the eight major powers’ foreign ministers in Paris on Monday and Tuesday.

Amid divisions over calls for foreign military intervention, diplomats said the group of eight will take stock of efforts by host France and Britain for a UN Security Council resolution on a no-fly zone, backed by the Arab League.

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov will join counterparts from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan. All the Council’s permanent members except China will be represented.


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[tabatha]

1. Please implement the NFT before all Libyans are killed.

[David__77]

2. No to military intervention.

We have enough in the way of wars, interventions, and coups - too many, no more. Thankfully, it appears that unlike with Iraq, now saner heads will prevail. It is a good thing that Obama was elected, or we'd probably be in one or two more wars by now.