Deauville, France: French President Nicolas Sarkozy has urged Libya’s Col Muammar Gaddafi to step down as “all options are open”. “We are not saying that Gaddafi needs to be exiled. He must leave power and the quicker he does it, the greater his choice,” Sarkozy told journalists.
He is hosting a meeting of leaders from the G8 group of wealthy nations in the northern French resort of Deauville.
The Arab uprisings, internet regulation and future of nuclear power are all being debated at the two-day summit.
The global economy and climate change are also being discussed at the gathering for the leaders of the US, Russia, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada.
Thousands of police have been deployed as part of a huge security operation and checkpoints have been erected on all roads leading to Deauville.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron, also at the G8 summit, has approved the deployment of Apache attack helicopters in Libya, the BBC has learned.
There had been speculation about the move after France said it would be deploying French Tiger helicopters.
Sarkozy defended Nato’s intervention in Libya when he spoke to journalists on Thursday evening, saying “had we not stepped in [the rebel stronghold of] Benghazi would have been wiped off the map”.
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