But even as Russia appeared to agree that a key step in the peace process would be the establishment of a transitional government, the country's foreign minister said it should not be viewed as outside powers imposing a transitional government on Syrians.

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If Libya's transitional authorities want the country to be accepted as a part of the international community, "then they now need to understand that international law applies to Libya just as much as it applies to every other state, " he said.

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The country's transitional prime minister, al-Jaafari has been a polarizing figure since the Shiite-dominated United Iraqi Alliance nominated him two months ago.

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Earlier this month, Libya's interim National Transitional Council handed power to a newly elected assembly, in the first peaceful transition in the country's modern history.

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He described Union cooperation in Africa, including the deployment of two military operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and one in Chad, as well as a naval operation off the coast of Somalia and assistance for the African Union operation and the Transitional Federal Government in the country.

UN: Security Council