"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today held telephone conversations with key players in the contact group in Libya and discussed with them how best to coordinate the international community and the support of the Transitional National Council of Libya …" – said Nuland. According to her, the foreign ministers of the United States, France, Germany, Norway, Italy, Turkey, Sweden, Canada, Denmark, Qatar and the UAE discussed the financial aid PNS, humanitarian assistance, the Libyans, the problem of protecting the civilian population of Libya and the issues of transition to democracy. "They are also at the talks agreed that their political directors will meet this week in Istanbul to coordinate future actions", – said Nuland. She later clarified that the meeting will be held on Thursday and the U.S. on it will be represented by Deputy U.S. Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Philip Gordon. Earlier on Monday, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe announced that the meeting of the Contact Group on Libya "at the highest level" will be held next week in Paris. In mid-February in Libya began mass demonstrations calling for the withdrawal of the ruling the country for more than 40 years, Qaddafi, which later escalated into armed confrontation between government forces and rebels. The number of victims of this conflict, according to various sources of thousands of people. UN Security Council March 17 adopted a resolution calling for the introduction of no-fly zone over Libya. In the March 19 outbreak of operations by coalition forces participating in United Kingdom, France, USA, Canada, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Denmark. Leadership campaign in Libya, March 31 is completely transferred to the representatives of the NATO command. As stated by the NATO leadership, the goal of "Operation United defender '- providing the arms embargo, no-fly zone and action to protect the civilian population. The mandate of the operation was due to expire on June 27, June 1 but extended the NATO operation in 90 days – until the end of September. In Benghazi, eastern Libya, the rebels February 27 formed the Transitional National Council, which declared the sole legitimate authority in the country. The Council consists of about 30 representatives of the Libyan opposition from various parts of eastern Libya – both military and civilians. Fifteenth July, more than three dozen countries, including the U.S., recognized the regime Muammar Gaddafi declared illegitimate and in fact on the recognition of the legal representative of the Libyan people the opposition of the Council. On Monday, on the recognition of PNC announced Egypt and Kuwait. Buildings of Libyan embassies in several countries including the Czech Republic and Algeria, the Libyan flag hoisted rebel.
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