"There will be certainly a Franco-British initiative to make clear that the solution is not only military but also political and diplomatic," Sarkozy told reporters after maintaining a high level meeting in Brussels.
The president Gallo did not say what might be the components of this proposal, presented to its European counterparts in the coming days. The announcement comes a day after NATO decided to increase its presence in the operations against the dictator Muammar Qaddafi in Libya.
However, persistent contradictory statements of its member countries demonstrate the deep divisions that raises the most decisive intervention at the last moment by the UN.
After days of intense negotiations, the allies agreed on Thursday to hand over responsibility to NATO no-fly zone, in charge, so far, the coalition led by the United States, France and Britain. "The NATO pilots will do their utmost to prevent the regime Khadafi use the air force, and will do so carefully and precisely to avoid damage to the population," he said on Friday a spokeswoman for the Alliance.
Turkey, the only NATO member country with a Muslim majority, finally agreed to lift its objections to the measure, but so far prevented the organization's forces take full control of the operations started on 19 March and carried out air strikes against ground targets.
But for the United States, the transfer of power will occur in the coming days, something that France does not objects, provided the political leadership of the intervention is carried out by a wider group of countries, including the Arabs.
The confusion lays bare the divisions within the Alliance and the lack of clear direction in the speech that the Security Council the UN decided on 17 March.
"no-fly zone, more or less been achieved. It was necessary to ensure that [the regime's forces] do not take Benghazi," said the president of the African Union Commission, Jean Ping.
But "what's next? There are disagreements among members of the Alliance and" when I ask if there is a leaf route, I do not have it, "Ping criticized.
NATO ambassadors will meet again Sunday at the headquarters in Brussels in order to try to reach a final agreement on the operational command. Diplomats in Brussels stressed that the organization must have full control, politically and militarily, over the objections of France, which focuses on the expanded group of countries, which will meet on Tuesday in London.
relationship between NATO's political council, which brings together ambassadors from the 28, and its military structure "never, never break," they said the same sources, estimating that the contact group will be there only to take into account their views. "Everyone should understand that coordination should be highly political, but relies on the machinery of NATO," he insisted, however, Sarkozy, which showed that a consensus has not yet been reached between the allies.
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