Denmark welcomes end of NATO mission in Libya

Denmark looks forward to a final end of NATO's military operation in Libya, the country's foreign minister Villy Soevnda said Saturday. "I have noticed with a great pleasure NATO has set up the completion of the mission in Libya on October 31. The gradual dismantling of the operation will start immediately. It means that the peace in Libya has come a step closer," said Soevndal in an official statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "NATO will run the monitoring progress during this period. It is important that we ensure that the situation will not go to an unexpected twist," Soevndal said. "I look forward to a final end of the military operation in Libya," he added. The military operation will be ended when NATO is 100 percent sure that it no longer has a task to complete, the minister said. Denmark as a NATO member has sent several fighter jets to participate in the alliance's military campaign in Libya. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Friday said the Libya mission is very close to completion, and that it has taken a preliminary decision to end it on October 31.