Sunday, January 25, 2009

Libya has made to the UN Security Council draft resolution on the Gaza Strip.

SyuzhetyVoennaya Israeli operation in the sector Gaza07.01.2009SShA supported the proposal for an immediate ceasefire in the GazaKommentariiPrinuzhdenie to miru04.01.2009Izrail began a large-scale ground operation in the sector GazaLiviya made in the UN Security Council draft resolution providing for an immediate cessation of military operations carried out by Israel in Gaza and rocket attacks on Israeli territory Hamas militants, said AFP.

  According to the head of Libya's Foreign Ministry, the draft resolution, agreed with a number of Arab countries, could be put to a vote of the members of the Security Council has on 8 January. The text of the document, he added, also discussed c France, the United States and Britain.

In a draft resolution prepared by Libya in particular, requires "an immediate cessation of all hostilities in the Gaza Strip, including special operations carried out by Israel, and rocket attacks by Hamas." Israeli troops, the paper stated, "should be withdrawn to the positions they occupied until 27 December 2008". The draft resolution also contains a demand for the immediate lifting of the blockade of the Gaza Strip and the opening of the CPR on the borders of the Palestinian enclave to Egypt and Israel.

Although the head of Libya's Foreign Ministry maintains that the draft resolution had been discussed with France, the United States and Britain, against such an instrument, not satisfied with Israel, with more likely made by some Western countries Sobveza members of the UN.

Earlier on Tuesday a plan to end the conflict in the Gaza Strip, Egypt announced. The proposal, made at the meeting of the heads of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, is an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The next step, according to the authors of the plan must be negotiated with the participation of Egypt, one of the main topics that will be a question of strengthening the border with the Gaza Strip. Across the border from Egypt into the Palestinian enclave of contraband weapons coming. Mubarak said that he is ready to begin talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has on 8 January. Has Olmer this proposal is not yet known.

Mubarka plan was discussed Tuesday at a meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in the Gaza Strip. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said then that he supported the proposal for a ceasefire, but did not consider only the announcement of truce would lead to a cessation of the shelling of Israeli territory Hamas militants.

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