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The European Union has an office in the Libyan city of Benghazi. The opening is a show of support for the rebels Muammar Gaddafi. The head of the EU’s foreign policy, Catherine Ashton, made a at the opening ceremony. She said: “It is a honour to formally the EU office in Benghazi…I have seen the of the Libyan people all around. I saw the posters as I from the airport with the words, ‘We have a '.”

The Benghazi office will on non-humanitarian needs. EU representatives with officials from Libya’s National Transitional Council about security, management, the economy, and education. Ms Ashton said the new was a of the EU’s “unfaltering for the Libyan people”. Meanwhile, NATO another 49 missions near Tripoli. They ammunition dumps, and defence radars.