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Libya from space - the EU mission awaits a green light from the UN (Photo: nasa.gov)

Foreign ministers wary of EU military role in Libya

by Valentina Pop, LUXEMBOURG,

Foreign ministers have sketched out the basic outlines of an EU 'military-humanitarian' mission to Libya, amid concern about putting ground soldiers into a volatile situation.

The meeting in Luxembourg on Tuesday (12 March) saw ministers discuss the so-called concept of operations (Conops) for the Eufor Libya mission, the first step in the planning of any mission which involves military assets.

The Conops was not formally agreed due to last-minute resistance from Sweden, which s...

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Libya from space - the EU mission awaits a green light from the UN (Photo: nasa.gov)

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