Washington, March 23: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today said the United States expects “more announcements” of Arab participation in UN-backed military action in Libya in the coming days.
Five days after the United States, Britain and France launched air strikes to protect Libyans from Muammar Gaddafi’s security forces, Qatar is the only Arab country to have offered warplanes for a no-fly zone.
“We are very satisfied by the Arab participation and there will be more announcements in the days ahead,” Clinton told reporters when asked if the allies were getting robust Arab military support.
Obama administration officials have said that pledges of Arab political leadership and active participation in a no-fly zone in a fellow Arab country were crucial to the US decision to go ahead with military action in Libya.
–PTI