"The current Indonesian stance is not firm enough in helping create peace there and guarantee its sovereignty and integrity," an International Relations study lecturer at the State`s Islamic University (UIN) Nazaruddin Nasution said.
A change in the Libyan regime is a domestic matter which needs to be determined by its own people without foreign interference as what had happened in Egypt, Nazarudin said in an e-mail received here Monday.
Nazarudin said that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution no 1973 allows the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ally to impose a no fly zone on Libyan aircraft that could be used for an aerial attack on the country`s rebels in Benghazi and other cities where civilians can become the victims.
The aerial attacks by the allied forces on Ghadafi`s troops in Tripoli only worsened the situation and causing civilian fatalities, the former Indonesian ambassador to Cambodia said.
NATO had taken over military operations in Libya from the coalition troops, as reported by foreign Medias.
The UN Security Council imposed a no-fly zone over Libya on March 17, and ordered "all necessary measures" to protect civilians from Muammar Gaddafi`s attacks.
The 28 NATO ambassadors met on Sunday to decide on further military plans in Libya.
The United States transfers command for a no-fly zone over Libya to NATO, while the coalition forces continue protecting civilians from attacks by Gaddafi forces.
The military operation in Libya, codenamed Odyssey Dawn, has been jointly by 13 states, including the United States, Britain and France.
NATO members decided on Thursday to assume responsibility for the enforcement of a no-fly zone in Libya, but could not agree on taking full command of all military operations in the country.(*)
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