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Russia not planning to call UN Council meet

(Agencies)
Updated: 2011-04-28 14:20

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MOSCOW - Russia is not planning to respond to Libya's plea that it call an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss what Moscow has described as Western aggression, a Foreign Ministry official told Itar-TASS news agency on Thursday.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has criticised the Western countries enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya and said they have gone beyond the limits of a Security Council resolution designed to protect civilians.