OIC chief backs no-fly zone over Libya

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OIC chief backs no-fly zone over Libya

Source: NOW NEWS

Tuesday 08 March 2011

Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu on Tuesday called on the UN to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya.

"We join our voice to the voices asking for a no-fly zone in Libya, and we call on the Security Council to do its duty in this regard," Ihsanoglu said at the start of an emergency meeting of the 57-member OIC in Saudi Arabia.

However, the OIC chief rejected "any military interference (on the ground) in Libya", where regime leader Moammar Qaddafi’s forces are battling rebels

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