EU To Use Military In Libya If UN Gives Mandate -- Irish Times
EUROPEAN FOREIGN ministers resolved to conduct an EU military operation in Libya if the UN requests a mission to support humanitarian relief and protect refugees.
Ireland might participate in such an operation, to be known as “EUfor Libya”, as it would have a UN mandate.
“The Government will have to discuss that and obviously there are procedures for participation in any mission,” Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore told reporters. He did not elaborate.
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