FRANCE: Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou says international community to enforce decision of the UN Security Council concerning Libya

Record ID: 791644

  • Title: FRANCE: Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou says international community to enforce decision of the UN Security Council concerning Libya
  • Date: 20th March 2011
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (MARCH 19, 2011) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF ELYSEE PALACE REPUBLICAN GUARD ITALIAN PRESIDENT SILVIO BERLUSCONI LEAVING BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON AND CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER LEAVING VARIOUS DELEGATES OF ARAB LEAGUE INCLUDING SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ARAB LEAGUE AMR MOUSSA LEAVING GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL, EU COUNCIL PRESIDENT HERMAN VAN ROMPUY AND FRENCH PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY AT ELYSEE PALACE/ MERKEL LEAVING REPUBLICAN GUARD GREEK PRIME MINISTER GEORGE PAPANDREOU COMING OUT OF ELYSEE PALACE (SOUNDBITE) (English) GREEK PRIME MINISTER GEORGE PAPANDREOU SAYING: "Even though the regime has, in the last few days, said that it will enforce a ceasefire, this is not the case. It's the opposite and for this reason, the international community will be now enforcing the decisions of the United Nations Security Council resolution." UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON SAYING LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 4th April 2011 13:00
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  • Location: France, France
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVA8IKX7JETCJ43CIRD0KLXZE70P
  • Story Text: Gaddafi has not enforced a ceasefire, as it said it would, which has prompted the international community to take U.N-mandated military action, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Saturday (March 19) after meeting with world leaders in Paris.
    "Even though the regime has, in the last few days, said that it will enforce a ceasefire, this is not the case. It's the opposite and for this reason, the international community will be now enforcing the decisions of the United Nations Security Council resolution," he said.
    Allied warplanes have gone into action to stop Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces attacking the rebel-held city of Benghazi, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a speech after the meeting.
    Gaddafi's troops on Saturday morning pushed into the outskirts of Benghazi, a city of 670,000 people, in an apparent attempt to pre-empt Western military intervention expected after a meeting of Western and Arab leaders in Paris.
    But as the meeting ended, Sarkozy announced that allied air forces had already gone into action.
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