NATO's secretary-general says the alliance will on Friday confirm a decision to end its operations in Libya by October 31.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen said after meeting in Berlin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the UN's resolution adopted on Thursday "reflects that we have fully accomplished our mandate to protect the civilian population of Libya, so now we have firm ground for terminating our operations as we decided to do a week ago".
He said that even though he does not "foresee a major NATO role in Libya in the post-conflict period", if requested the alliance could assist the new Libyan government in the transformation to democracy, particularly in the areas of defence and security sector reforms.
Fogh Rasmussen added that he wouldn't expect new tasks beyond that.
