"Holding
[military] ground operations will be qualified as occupying
Libya and that directly contradicts the resolution adopted
by the UN Security Council," Rogozin told RIA Novosti.
The
UN Security Council imposed a no-fly zone over Libya on
March 17, also permitting "all necessary measures"
to protect civilians from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's
attacks on rebel-held towns.
The
operation to enforce the no-fly zone, codenamed Odyssey
Dawn, is being conducted jointly by 13 states, including
the United States, Britain and France.
Rogozin
said that on March 29, the Russian-NATO Council will meet
in order "to confirm the limits that the UN Security
Council has placed on the participants of the conflict."
Western
warplanes have flown more than 300 sorties over the North
African country and fired 162 Tomahawk missiles in the
UN-mandated mission. Libyan state media outlets have reported
that dozens of people have been killed by the airstrikes.
