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UAE sends 12 jets on Libya mission
United Arab Emirates will send 12 aircrafts to support the international coalition on a mission to protect civilian population from attacks by Gaddafi forces in Libya, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday.
"I spoke...to the crown prince of the UAE, who told me that the Emirates have decided to commit 12 planes to the coalition," Sarkozy said on the sidelines of a two-day European Union summit in Brussels.
The UAE is the second Arab country to sent aircraft to the coalition after Qatar, which has sent two fighter jets and two military transport planes to one of the airbases in the Mediterranean.
The UN Security Council imposed a no-fly zone over Libya on March 17, along with ordering "all necessary measures" to protect civilians from Muammar Gaddafi's attacks on rebel-held towns.
UAE agrees to send 12 planes on Libya mission | World | RIA Novosti
United Arab Emirates will send 12 aircrafts to support the international coalition on a mission to protect civilian population from attacks by Gaddafi forces in Libya, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday.
"I spoke...to the crown prince of the UAE, who told me that the Emirates have decided to commit 12 planes to the coalition," Sarkozy said on the sidelines of a two-day European Union summit in Brussels.
The UAE is the second Arab country to sent aircraft to the coalition after Qatar, which has sent two fighter jets and two military transport planes to one of the airbases in the Mediterranean.
The UN Security Council imposed a no-fly zone over Libya on March 17, along with ordering "all necessary measures" to protect civilians from Muammar Gaddafi's attacks on rebel-held towns.
UAE agrees to send 12 planes on Libya mission | World | RIA Novosti