Strasbourg - The European Union will open an office in the city of Benghazi Libyan-controlled oposi troops to shore up support for the opposition is fighting Moamar Qaddafi, said EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton on Wednesday (05/11/2011).
"I intend to open an office in Benghazi so that we can provide the assistance we are talking about with those people (opposition forces)," Ashton said at the European Parliament.
"The new office aims to assist civil society, to help the interim national council, to help repair the security sector, to help what people were asking us," added Ashton. "They want health and education, health care, security at the border, the kind of support can we provide to them and want us to give it to them."
His statement was made on the same day when the leader of the opposition forces Mahmoud Jibril, from the National Transition Council, will meet with leading members of the U.S. parliament. U.S. has not recognized the National Transition Council (NTC) as a legitimate representative of the people of Libya. In contrast, France, Italy, Qatar and the Gambia have been ready to make (recognition).
NATO's air offensive against pro-Qaddafi troops to protect civilians, has decided to establish its own civilian post in Benghazi in an effort to improve political contacts with the opposition. Britain, France and Italy have sent dozens of separate special military advisor to Benghazi.
Opposition forces have been fighting loyalists Qaddafi regime's crushing of pro-reform uprising in mid-February. International major powers had agreed last week to form a new fund to help the opposition and promised to pull the Qaddafi government assets frozen.
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