Jordan has
sent fighter aircraft to a European air base to support a no-fly zone over
Libya and protect humanitarian flights from the Arab kingdom, Foreign Minister
Nasser Judeh was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
The Jordan Times newspaper
quoted Judeh as saying that Royal Jordanian Air Force fighter aircraft landed
at the base two days ago. He did not say how many fighter jets had been sent.
The official
Petra News Agency said Judeh told newspaper editors that Jordan was offering
“logistical support for enforcement of the no-fly zone mandated by a
United Nations resolution”.
It said he
told the editors that the fighter aircraft would also protect the aid flights,
the first of which landed at Benghazi airport on Monday.
Qatar was
the first Arab country to contribute planes to police the no-fly zone. Last
Thursday a French armed forces spokesman said fighter jets from the UAE had arrived at an air base in Sardinia to support NATO’s Libya
operation, meant to protect civilians caught up in a civil war between Libyan
leader Muammar Gaddafi and rebel forces.
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