TRIPOLI: diplomats to forge a new effort to end the civil war on Thursday after Libya agreed to call Muammar Gaddafi to relinquish power, but failing to establish a unified strategy to force him out.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, EU foreign policy, Catherine Ashton, the head of the Arab League Amr Moussa and representatives of the African Union and the Organization of the Islamic Conference to consider Libya's Arab League headquarters in Cairo .
Foreign Ministers of a group of Western powers and Middle Eastern states met Wednesday in Qatar and jointly called for the first time for the end of the Gaddafi regime 41 years.
Britain and France are conducting air strikes against the forces of Qaddafi, but grew frustrated by the lack of support from NATO allies. After leading the campaign in its infancy, Washington takes a back seat, and other NATO countries played minor roles.
"Gadhafi and his regime has lost all legitimacy and must relinquish power to the Libyan people to determine their future," the "contact group" of Western and Middle Eastern states meeting in Qatar said in a concluding statement Wednesday.
He also said the rebel National Council ", in contrast with the current system ... is a legitimate interlocutor representing the aspirations of the Libyan people."
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