“The Arab League has officially requested the U.N. Security Council to impose a no-fly zone against any military action against the Libyan people,” Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa told a news conference after a meeting of the group.
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The zone should be lifted once the crisis had ended, Moussa said. Oman’s foreign minister said all Arab states had agreed on the need for a no-fly zone to protect Libyans.
The Arab League said it rejected any “foreign military” intervention against the Libyan people and it had opened contact with the rebel Libyan National Council in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi that included contacts on humanitarian affairs.
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