AFP - France has declared "persona non grata 14 ex-Libyan diplomats" who have a "period of 24 or 48 hours" to leave French territory, said Friday the spokesman of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement.
"France has declared persona non grata 14 ex-Libyan diplomats stationed in France.Depending on circumstances, allow interested parties within 24 or 48 hours to leave the country, "said spokesman Bernard Valero Quai d'Orsay.
They were accused "of behaviors and activities not consistent with relevant UN resolutions and particularly 1973 and contrary to the protection of Libyan civilians," the ministry said, when asked to AFP.
The 14 diplomats were appointed by the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, that Paris, which recognized the National Transitional Council (CNT, rebellion), no longer considered legitimate.
The ambassadors of Libya in France and Unesco (whose headquarters is in Paris) had announced on February 25, they resigned to condemn "acts of repression in Libya" and they "joined the revolution" cons Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
A group of Libyan dissidents had taken control of the day the Libyan embassy in Paris.
An international coalition - led by France, the United Kingdom and the United States - occurred on March 19 in Libya under UN mandate to end the bloody suppression of the uprising against the Gaddafi regime.
Resolution 1973 adopted in mid-March by the UN authorizes such "take all measures necessary" to "protect civilians" in Libya, while "excluding a foreign occupying force" in that territory.
