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| NATO and the Lybian Crisis 29/03/2011 |
| (2011-03-29) |
| Last updated: 2011-03-30 20:20 EET |
Romania’s Higher Defense Council has approved the operation and displacement of US military aircraft on Romanian soil as part of NATO’s operations aimed at enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya. The decision is yet to be passed by Parliament.
US aircraft are to use Romanian airfields to refuel. The decision is in line with several provisions in Romania’s strategic partnership with the US. Bucharest had previously responded positively to NATO’s call to take part in a military operation aimed at enforcing an arms embargo over colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.
The Romanian flagship King Ferdinand will soon go to the Mediterranean Sea with 207 navy soldiers on board. In the wake of NATO’s decision to take control of all military operations in Libya, the Romanian Foreign Ministry voiced its support for a NATO-led concerted and efficient operation in partnership with other states, with a view to enforcing the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council and protecting Libyan civilians.
US president Barack Obama said NATO would take control of all allied military operations in Libya as of Wednesday. The Alliance had originally taken responsibility only for the implementation of both an arms embargo and a no-fly zone over Libya. The US president underscored that NATO would now take the additional responsibility of protecting the civilian population.
President Obama expressed his full confidence in NATO’s ability to put unrelenting pressure on Colonel Gaddafi’s armed forces. Last Saturday, a week after the joint international campaign was launched against Libya, the White House leader declared the allied military intervention in Libya a success, saying it had averted the loss of countless civilian lives and taken out Libyan anti-aircraft batteries, thus checking colonel Gaddafi’s offensive against the rebel army.
Backed by allied bombardments, anti-Gaddafi rebels succeeded in taking hold of certain strategic areas, specifically in Eastern Libya. The Tripoli regime has accused the international coalition of murdering innocent civilians, an allegation regarded as unfounded and refuted by Western military leaders.
Libyan officials have also accused the allied forces of helping the rebels split the country, which would spark a civil war and countless casualties. Moscow has joined in the opposition, harshly criticizing the allied forces’ involvement in the conflict on the rebel side. According to Moscow officials, the international coalition’s military support for the rebels violates the terms of the UN resolution.
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