NTC hopes NATO extends mission till year end

Jalil made the request when addressing an international conference on Libya in the Qatari capital of Doha, the first since the death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi last week.

Speaking at a news conference in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, NTC finance minister Ali Tarhouni said the interim Libyan ruling body wants NATO to continue its mission in the country for "at least one more month".

"I ask NATO to remain at least for another month," he said.

In Brussels, NATO, which earlier expressed its intention to end its seven-month mission in Libya on October 31, has reportedly decided to make a formal decision on ending the mission when its decision-making body, the North Atlantic Council meets Friday; Kazinform cites China Daily.

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