TRIPOLI, Libya - March 18, 2011 - Libya's foreign minister Friday said the country will abide by the United Nations Security Council resolution calling for military action against Col. Moammar Gadhafi's forces and will implement an immediate ceasefire, though reports of renewed assaults against rebel-held towns suggest the fighting continues.
"My country will try to deal with this resolution," Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa told reporters in Tripoli as he read from a prepared statement.
"According to article 25 of the [U.N.] charter and considering that Libya is a member of the U.N., then it is bound to accept the Security Council resolution and has decided an immediate ceasefire and the cessation of all military operations."
Koussa said the government was also willing to enter dialogue with all parties without offering more details or indicating whether this would include rebels and opposition figures now fighting the regime and calling for its overthrow.
