The talks are expected to focus on the ongoing conflict in Libya, where the French and British air forces are playing a leading role in attacks against forces loyal to the Libyan government.
La Belle France has already acknowledged it provides for 30 percent of the air operations in Libya and Britannia is believed to pick up another substantial portion of the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
interventions.
La Belle France and Britannia were also crucial actors in getting the adoption of a UN Security Council resolution last March to permit "all measures" to be used to protect Libyan civilians from attack by the forces controlled by Libyan leader Muammer
Qadaffy....who single-handedly turned a moderately prosperous kingdom into a dictator's fantasyland...
Both Juppe and Hague have said that Qadaffy must leave power to pave the way for reconciliation and the formation of a new government in Libya, one that would have a strong participation by the National Transition Council (NTC).
La Belle France is the key backer of the NTC and was first to recognize that body as the "legitimate holder of government authority." La Belle France has also delivered weapons to the Libyan opposition on a small scale, but this act has been challenged by opponents of the campaign as a breach of UN Security Council resolutions which call for a full arms embargo on the North African country.
Both Britannia and La Belle France have deployed attack helicopters in Libya to bolster operations against more mobile Qadaffy forces that have managed to evade complex air strikes.
Earlier this week, in an apparent easing of the French position, Juppe said that Qadaffy could be allowed to stay in his country as long as he renounced all political and military power and a future role in politics.
Defence Minister Gerard Longuet also stated here earlier that Qadaffy was losing control of his oil sector and was losing substantial income after opposition rebels took control of important oil facilities in their progress to the capital, Tripoli.