Vancouver (ANTARA News/Reuters) - Canada, which is participating in NATO`s air operations in Libya, has expelled five diplomats from Libya`s embassy in Ottawa for "inappropriate" activities, the government said on Tuesday.

Canada said it has not severed diplomatic relations between the countries, but that operations at its embassy in Tripoli have been suspended.

"The activities carried out in Canada by the five Libyan diplomats are considered inappropriate and inconsistent with normal diplomatic functions," the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a short statement.

The statement did not elaborate or identify the diplomats.

Canada has fighter jets participating in the NATO air operations and has allowed them to attack ground targets in that mission. A Canadian warship is also part of the NATO effort to enforce an arms embargo.

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