The mission officially ends for NATO on October 31. The war has been won, total victory can be claimed by the Alliance, mission accomplished, we’re done here. Only, we’re not. The alliance will certainly claim mission success but the hard work has only just begun. Key members of the alliance have no intention of leaving Libya anytime soon.
According to Reuters a NATO official has said that countries may continue to provide assistance to Libya “outside the NATO command and control structure”. They are reportedly even considering creating “a new alliance headed by Qatar to support Libya after NATO ends its mission”. There is even the potential for continued official NATO involvement though its “Mediterranean dialogue program”. So, the bottom line here is security assistance to Libya isn’t going away anytime soon. In fact, it will morph and expand. It has to.
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