Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Libyan opposition will accept the presence of foreign troops to protect civilians.

Libyan opposition will accept the presence of foreign troops to protect civilians.Rebels carry and fire weapons during a fight with troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi outside Brega in eastern Libya



A spokesman for the Libyan armed opposition said on Wednesday it does not object to the presence of foreign ground forces to protect the safe passage of civilians.

A spokesman for the National Transition Council Exhibitions Abdul Hafeez Gogha at a news conference in Benghazi that NATO make more effort to protect civilians. He said in a press conference aired by Al Jazeera parts of it, "the protection of civilians requires the provision of safe corridors for the delivery of humanitarian relief." "And if that does not come, but ground troops are providing this safe haven, there is no harm in that at all, and this falls within the mechanisms of the United Nations." Gogha said that NATO has increased its efforts to protect civilians from the forces of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. He added that the performance of NATO in the protection of civilians is ok, not in Ajdabiya east of the country alone, but in Misurata and Tripoli in the west of the country as well.