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US commander Petraeus eyes Libya resolution

10 June 2011 19:03 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. The US commander of foreign troops in Afghanistan and future head of the CIA, David Petraeus, discussed prospects for resolving the conflict in Libya at talks in Rome on Friday, officials said, APA reports quoting AFP.
Petraeus and Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini talked about "the intensification of political and military pressure on Kadhafi’s regime and the prospects for a political resolution," the ministry said in a statement.
"The next political and institutional developments in North Africa were also at the centre of attention, including in Egypt, Tunisia and the Horn of Africa," the statement said.
The two men also discussed "the unstable situation in Somalia, particularly as regards the growing problem of piracy and international strategies to confront it," it added.
General Petraeus, who has been credited with helping prevent Iraq’s slide into all-out civil war and claims progress in Afghanistan, is to replace Leon Panetta as head of the Central Intelligence Agency in September.