Albania offers ports, airport to NATO plan on Libya

TIRANA, March 29 – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Edmond Haxhinasto took part Tuesday at the London Conference on Libya.
The Conference was organized by the British Government. All top western leaders and many more took part there, including the Member States of NATO, the UNO and states from the region nearby Libya.
A sweeping array of world powers called forcefully Tuesday for Moammar Gadhafi to step down as Libya’s ruler. Some even hinted at secret talks on Gadhafi’s exit.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and British Foreign Secretary William Hague led the crisis talks in London between 40 countries and institutions, all seeking an endgame aimed at halting the Libyan leader’s bloody onslaught against Libya’s people.
Although the NATO-led air strikes on Gadhafi’s forces aren’t aimed at toppling him, dozens of nations agreed in the talks that Libya’s future does not include the dictator at the helm.
The conference discussed on the commitment of the International Community on Libya and its own people through the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions ‘1970’ and ‘1973’.
Albania offered all its ports and airport to be used by NATO during its military actions against Libya.
Those at the summit agreed to form an international contact group of at least a dozen nations and institutions aimed at coordinating political action and liaising with Libya’s opposition.
Still, the summit left a number of important questions open: Nations didn’t discuss whether or not they should _ or legally can _ supply weapons to Libya’s rebel fighters. There was also no open discussion of how to lure Gadhafi into exile and Qatar gave few details on its offer to help rebels sell crude oil on the international market.
British diplomats also acknowledged there was no decision about the makeup of the contact group, though its first meeting is expected in Qatar in two weeks.