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France And Libya


France and Britain continued to press their hawkish position on Libya on Friday, saying they intend to take the lead in enforcing a no-fly zone.
Both countries, the most adamant backers of the United Nations Security Council resolution to authorise military action in Libya, also pointed to the passage of the measure on Thursday as an important — if rare — example of European resolve.
“Despite all negative comments, Libya shows that there is a political and diplomatic dynamic of European construction and an active European voice in world affairs,” said Bernard Valero, the spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry.
President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, perhaps still wary after he and other senior French officials were criticised as having a cozy relationship with the now-toppled Tunisian government of president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, met with leaders of the Libyan opposition on March 10, and announced that France had recognised an inchoate opposition group as Libya’s legitimate government. France’s foreign minister, Alain Juppé, spoke openly this week of his unhappiness with Washington’s slowness and difficulty in defining its position.

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