AFP - UN Secretary-General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, called for a no-fly zone in Libya and the Arab League hopes that "role" in its implementation, in an interview with German weekly Der Spiegel released before publication on Saturday.
"I do not know how or will impose this area, we will see that. The Arab League may also play a role, that's what I would advocate," said Amr Moussa in the interview to be published Monday.
"I speak of humanitarian action. It is with a no-fly zone, to support the Libyan people in their struggle for freedom and against a regime increasingly disdainful," Moussa said.
As to who should assume the leadership of such a zone, Mr.Moussa believes that "it depends on the decision of the Security Council (UN).The UN, the Arab League, African Union, Europeans - everybody should participate. "
The Arab foreign ministers would hold an emergency meeting in Cairo on Saturday on the subject.
The Arab League said it was opposed to military action against Libya but could support the establishment of a no-fly zone.
Establishing an air exclusion zone amounts to a ban on aerial survey of a specific area in order to prevent the Libyan planes to suppress civilians.
Friday, EU leaders have increased the pressure on the Libyan regime by agreeing to talk with the opposition and the military option cautiously referring to protect civilians, which does however not unanimous.
They decided at a meeting in Brussels that "security of the population (Libya) must be guaranteed by all means necessary" and that we must consider "all options" available, in an allusion to a possible military intervention but specifying that it should be "a demonstrated need, a clear legal basis and support of the region" - which means primarily the Arab League.
Germany, in particular, fears that Europe embarks on "a war" interminable.France and Britain pushing it the other way and try to obtain the agreement of the Security Council of the UN.
Amr Moussa, "Gaddafi lacks awareness that President Ben Ali in Tunisia and Egyptian ruler Mubarak demonstrated by resigning."
Moussa believes in a "domino effect" in the Arab world and the fall of other autocratic rulers: "It is only the beginning," he said, including finding "extremely tense" situation in Yemen.
"The region (Middle East) is about to change radically in a short time. What we live is the discovery by the Arab world of true democracy," Mr. Moussa held, "c is a unique opportunity. "
