Russia urges immediate Libya ceasefire
Press TVMarch 22, 2011
Russian defense minister has called for immediate ceasefire in Libya as US-led military coalition forces escalates their aerial and sea attacks on the north African country.
“Russia wants to see an immediate ceasefire in Libya and the start of political negotiations,” Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov told visiting US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday.
The call comes after Russia’s prime minister denounced a UN Security Council resolution authorizing a military offensive against Libya.
Vladimir Putin says the resolution is defective and flawed, and resembles “the medieval calls for crusades.”
The Russian premier also accused the US of acting without conscience or logic.
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