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» Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Libya

Put that the Foreign Secretary had just said that a no-fly zone could go ahead without a UN resolution and asked if he was going off message, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that he hadn’t seen the Foreign Secretary’s comments but presumed he had been referring to past precedents.

Asked if the UN Council meeting tonight was the international community’s last chance to make a decision on how to tackle the problems in Libya, the PMS said that until the meeting had got under way it was difficult to guide people on any conclusions. It was important to remember that this was the first meeting that people were coming to with instructions from capitals, so it should be seen as the beginning of the process, not the end.

Asked what the Prime Minister’s mood was regarding Libya, the PMS said that the Prime Minister was focused on trying to move the debate forward, which was why we had put something on the table yesterday.

Put that during PMQs the Prime Minister had called for the UN to show leadership and asked if he was frustrated, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had been making the same point he made last week: governments and leaders needed to be thinking about what could lie around the corner and preparing for that.

Asked if the Prime Minister still thought it was a good idea to propose an arms embargo, the PMS said that it was still our policy, and that what we had brought to the table yesterday suggested ways to strengthen that embargo.

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