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| Romania Supports International Decisions on Libya 22/04/2011 |
| (2011-04-22) |
| Last updated: 2011-04-27 14:34 EET |
Far from being a flash operation aimed at rapidly toppling the Tripoli government, the military intervention in Libya risks spanning out longer than expected. Meanwhile, the international community is split over conflicting approaches on the issue. The Netherlands believes the decision to recognize the Libyan National Transitional Council, the cornerstone of opposition forces as the sole legitimate representative body of the Libyan people, was an uninspired call from France, Italy and Qatar.
In turn, Russian officials have warned that dispatching Western military advisors to help the rebels would be tantamount to launching a land military campaign with unpredictable outcomes. On the ground, the US military have sent drone to open fire at the forces loyal to colonel Muammar Gaddafi. British PM David Cameron stands for “unrelenting diplomatic and military pressure” on the Libyan leader.
As of Friday, Romania has joined the NATO-led military campaign by sending off the flagship of the Romanian navy, the frigate King Ferdinand, to contribute to enforcing an arms embargo on Libya. With 205 marines onboard, the frigate is to carry out a mission to impose a Mediterranean Sea embargo on Libya. Two NATO naval staff officers will also be onboard the warship.
In 2005, the frigate King Ferdinand took part in operation “Active Endeavour” in the Mediterranean Sea, alongside other NATO-led naval forces, to fight terrorism and illegal trafficking. At diplomatic level, the US embassy in Bucharest has hailed Romania’s decision to temporarily host Eritrean refugees who fled Libya, crossing the border into Tunisia.
Some 30 freshly arrived refugees have already been accommodated in an emergency transit centre in Timisoara, western Romania. The refugees had originally fled their native Eritrea to Libya, in order to avoid compulsory military service. However, once there, they were imprisoned and tortured. Shortly after the armed conflict broke out in Libya, the Eritreans fled to Tunisia. They were later taken to Romania. All refugees are to remain in the emergency transit centre for a maximum period of six months.
A US embassy press release reads “both the government of Romania and the UN High Commissioner’s Office for Refugees deserve immense credit for their generosity and coordination in providing refugees with a safe, comfortable place to stay on Romanian soil pending their onward resettlement to third countries”. The same press release estimates some 420 of the 637 refugees who have been temporarily accommodated at the emergency transit in Timisoara have already been resettled in the US.
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