Libya no-fly zone won't fly: Canada FM

OTTAWA: A military no-fly zone over Libya is unlikely to get off the ground as several allies are balking at the plan, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Monday.

"In terms of the no-fly zone, there doesn't seem to be consensus among our allies," Cannon told a teleconference from Geneva, declining to offer Canada's position.

"There are too many elements still not known, so I would not want to offer an opinion at this time," he said. "We still don't have enough information."

Earlier, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain was working with its allies to draw up a plan for a military no-fly zone over Libya.

Cameron told parliament the talks were motivated by the threat of "further appalling steps" being taken by Moamer Kadhafi to crack down on the most serious challenge to his rule in four decades.

However, the British prime minister also warned that establishing a no-fly zone over a country as large as Libya was "not without its difficulties."

"We would be trying to cover a vast area, it would take a serious amount of military assets to achieve it," he said. (AFP)