No Talks on Gadhafi Departure, says Libyan PM

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No Talks on Gadhafi Departure, says Libyan PM

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Libya's prime minister Al-Baghdadi has said Moammar Gaddafi's departure is not up for discussion.

27 July,2011 01:25 pm

Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi also said that there will be no way to have dialogue on Libyas political crisis until what he called NATO aggression stops. He commented after talks with a UN special envoy, Abdul Elah al-Khatib, who also met with the Libyan opposition in Benghazi. In Brussels, a NATO spokeswoman Carmen Romero said allied forces will continue military operations in Libya for as long as needed, and that Gaddafi cannot wait us out. She said NATO will keep up its airstrikes as long as pro-Gaddafi forces attack or threaten civilians. During the same briefing, a NATO military spokesman said Mr. Gadhafis forces are increasingly using former civilian facilities such as food processing plants and warehouses to launch attacks.