NATO to discuss future of Libya mission tomorrow

ABC’s Luis Martinez reports: A NATO official says it’s likely that the NATO Council will meet in Brussels Friday in a special meeting to receive an updated recommendation from its military commanders about the status of the ongoing mission in Libya.  The NATO Council meets every Wednesday and received a regular Libya update yesterday, which is ...

By , a former associate editor at Foreign Policy.

ABC's Luis Martinez reports:

ABC’s Luis Martinez reports:

A NATO official says it’s likely that the NATO Council will meet in Brussels Friday in a special meeting to receive an updated recommendation from its military commanders about the status of the ongoing mission in Libya.  The NATO Council meets every Wednesday and received a regular Libya update yesterday, which is now outdated given today’s events.

“It’s anticipated this new assessment will come with a recommendation with regards to the operation,” says the official.   ” I can’t speak to the recommendation…but there have been dramatic events today that will no doubt have a bearing on the commanders view of where to go next.”

This official says that if the NATO Council were to decide tomorrow to terminate the mission in Libya,  it would not occur immediately.  Like most military operations he says it would end in a phased manner, much as it started. 

 

 

Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating

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