NATO to end Libya operations on October 31

NATO will wrap up its operations in Libya on October 31, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said in Brussels.

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Friday, 28.10.2011.

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NATO will wrap up its operations in Libya on October 31, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said in Brussels. Pointing out that the United Defender operation in Libya was “one of the most successful ones” in NATO history, Rasmussen confirmed that it would be wrapped up on October 31. NATO to end Libya operations on October 31 “We have completely fulfilled the historic mandate we got from the UN to protect the Libyan people, establish a no-fly zone and an arms embargo,” it was said in the release. "If necessary we will continue to respond to threats against civil society,” Rasmussen stressed. The NATO secretary general made the statement only a day after the UN Security Council had adopted a resolution that will end NATO’s operation in Libya on October 31. There were some speculations earlier that NATO could, at Libyan transitional government’s request, extend its presence in the country until the situation fully stabilized. Rasmussen especially thanked officers and soldiers who took part in the intervention in Libya. “This is their victory,” he stressed. (Beta, file)

NATO to end Libya operations on October 31

“We have completely fulfilled the historic mandate we got from the UN to protect the Libyan people, establish a no-fly zone and an arms embargo,” it was said in the release.

"If necessary we will continue to respond to threats against civil society,” Rasmussen stressed.

The NATO secretary general made the statement only a day after the UN Security Council had adopted a resolution that will end NATO’s operation in Libya on October 31.

There were some speculations earlier that NATO could, at Libyan transitional government’s request, extend its presence in the country until the situation fully stabilized.

Rasmussen especially thanked officers and soldiers who took part in the intervention in Libya.

“This is their victory,” he stressed.

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