Azerbaijan, Baku, April 1 /Trend, A.Tagiyeva/
The West is not interested in the immediate resignation of Gaddafi because Gaddafi's delay in power can result in long years civil war, which in turn is profitable for the West, Arab political analysts Akram Khuzam said.
"The West does not want Gaddafi's resignation, at least for this moment," Khuzam told Trend by telephone from Abu Dhabi.
The expert said as a result of the civil war, the West will achieve both the weakening of the opposition and the armed forces of Gaddafi, and ultimately the control on the situation in the country, that is, the natural wealth of the country, will be much easier.
"This is the West's strategy, worked out for full control over the country," he said.
On Thursday, Foreign Minister Musa Kusa left his post and left for Britain in order to get a political asylum there. The Libyan government has confirmed that Kusa left his post, asking permission to go to Tunisia for treatment.
Reuters reported that the reason for foreign minister's resignation was his disagreement with the actions of the authorities of Libya, which shot at civilians.
The defection of Libyan Foreign Minister Musa Kusa is a further sign that the regime of Moamer Gaddafi is "crumbling from within"
Later it was stated that British authorities refused to give a political asylum to Kusa. It is believed that he has important information, since he has been long knowing Colonel Gaddafi and can tell a lot about the blast of aircraft of PanAm Airlines over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988.
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on March 17 calling for the introduction of a no-fly zone over Libya and approving the possibility of foreign military operations. The operations were launched on March 19, which are mainly attended by Great Britain, France, U.S, Canada, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Denmark.
Libya has seen mass unrest against the Gaddafi regime from Feb. 15. The people are protesting Gaddafi, who has ruled the country for 40 years. The number of the dead has hit thousands of people.
According to media reports, the U.S., France and Britain had the idea to arm the opponents of Gaddafi in Libya. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia opposes any arms supply to Libyan opposition.
Khuzam said the opposition of Libya has no such power to overthrow Gaddafi and as the West does not rush to the resignation of Gaddafi, it is possible to say that the Libyan crisis will last for years.
Commenting on the statement by the head of NATO armed forces that there are members of al Qaeda or the Lebanese Hezbollah Party in the opposition in Libya, Khuzam said that the statement is aimed at using this accusation to completely take control over country following the resignation of Gaddafi.
Making a speech before the U.S. Senate Tuesday, James Stavridis said that there may be terrorists of the movements of al-Qaeda and Hezbollah amongst the rebels who are fighting against the regime of Gaddafi in Libya.
He acknowledged that the coalition is examining the Libyan opposition leaders and that there are "signals of potential presence" of international terrorists among them. However, the Commander in Chief said that the representatives of terrorist organizations do not have much weight in the rebel movement.