BENGHAZI (Libya) - Buoyed by drops of French weapons and intensified air strikes of NATO on the armour of first line of the regime, rebel army of the Libya said it is ready for an offensive that could put it in the deletion of the distance from Tripoli.
The rebels late Saturday announcement came as block extended on the battlefield has prompted increasing pressure from countries outside the coalition led by NATO for a negotiated solution to a conflict that has dragged for four years and a half months.
Rebel fighters are preparing to advance their enclave of Hill in the mountains of Nafusa, southwest of Tripoli, in the next 48 hours in a bid to regain the territory, in the Plains on the road to the capital, said spokesman Colonel Ahmed Omar Bani.
"Over the next two days (Revolutionary) will find answers, things will change on the front line,"he says. ".
The rebels had withdrawn the week to last the Plains town of Bir al-Ghanam, some 80 kilometres (50 miles) from Tripoli, with the bombing of Loyalists.
But the week was last France performs a series of controversial weapons falls to rebel fighters in the mountains of Nafusa and NATO bombed loyalist positions around Bir al-Ghanam and elsewhere on the frontlines around the rebel enclave.
Two armoured forces of Gaddafi were destroyed in the City Friday evening.
Gharyan, another fortress of Government near the mountains, NATO aircraft struck eight goals in the last four days, including a military complex used to resupply the troops Gaddafi, tanks and other military vehicles, NATO said Saturday.
In its daily report for Friday, NATO said that have launched a total of 42 sorties to strike on the Libya, hitting two tanks near Gharyan and two vehicles armed near Bir al-Ghanam.
"March on the jebel (mountain) and seize the weapons that the French have provided", he said.
Foreign Affairs French Minister Alain Juppe insisted that the weapons were intended only to defend the peaceful civilians of the forces of Gaddafi and falls therefore in accordance with the resolutions of the Security Council of the United Nations on the conflict.
"It is not a violation of the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council" which France and other allies launch strikes air and imposed embargoes to protect civilians from Gaddafi, said.
No there was no immediate confirmation of Moscow talks between Russian and officials in South Africa and representatives of the NATO-led coalition, but the two countries have been outspoken advocates of a negotiated solution to the conflict.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pretoria said the talks in Russia include all members of the so-called International Contact Group on the Libya but could provide more details.
In a statement late Saturday, the Kremlin said that Zuma and President Dmitri Medvedev held a telephone conversation in which they agreed on a "personal meeting in the nearest time" but gave no details on when it would take place.
Pretoria said that the talks were scheduled for Monday and that Zuma leave for them later on Sunday.
The announcement was made shortly after the President returned from a Summit of the African Union in Equatorial Guinea, where the continental Group adopted a plan for negotiations between the Libyan belligerents.
Zuma, "We are very happy that we have reached this point, we can now say very soon we will launch talks in Addis Ababa and we believe that we will have the support of everyone," said after the Summit.
But reached agreement in Equatorial Guinea produced little movement prior to the, which proposals have been rejected by the rebels who insist on the fact that Gaddafi must resign before they will agree to a truce.
New items in the plan to the include provisions for a multinational force of peacekeeping organized by the United Nations.
The block also said that Gaddafi agreed to stay out of the negotiation.
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