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{{See also|Libyan war}}

{{See also|Libyan war}}

In a meeting with US [[Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] on March 13, 2011 in the [[Paris]] Westin Hotel,<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/hillarys-war-how-conviction-replaced-skepticism-in-libya-intervention/2011/10/28/gIQAhGS7WM_story.html?utm_term=.c2e27d506f53</ref> Sec. Clinton gave assurances [[United Nations Security Council]] Resolution 1973 would be used solely by the [[United States]] and [[NATO]] to prevent Col. [[Muammar Gaddafi]] from using his airforce to attack [[Libya]]n rebels. Lavrov accepted the assurance and the [[Russian Federation]] did not [[veto]] passage of UNSC 1973 on March 17, 2011. By March 19, US air power was attacking Gaddafi's ground forces.<ref>https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2011-03-23/russia-military-intervention-libya</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AjAyCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA219&lpg=PA219&dq=violated+the+UN+Security+Council+resolution+on+Libya,+when+instead+of+imposing+the+so-called+no-fly+zone+over+it+they+started+bombing+it+too.&source=bl&ots=HRqOB2VBJQ&sig=5r066oZAPgWKZIsS9B04IzMGlL8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjH_5Pv69HTAhUjj1QKHZJ0CkIQ6AEIKzAF#v=onepage&q=violated%20the%20UN%20Security%20Council%20resolution%20on%20Libya%2C%20when%20instead%20of%20imposing%20the%20so-called%20no-fly%20zone%20over%20it%20they%20started%20bombing%20it%20too.&f=false]</ref> The deception was the immediate cause of a deterioration in US-Russian relations which has continued into the [[Trump administration]].

In a meeting with US [[Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] on March 13, 2011 in the [[Paris]] Westin Hotel,<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/hillarys-war-how-conviction-replaced-skepticism-in-libya-intervention/2011/10/28/gIQAhGS7WM_story.html?utm_term=.c2e27d506f53</ref> Sec. Clinton gave assurances [[United Nations Security Council]] Resolution 1973 would be used solely by the [[United States]] and [[NATO]] to prevent Col. [[Muammar Gaddafi]] from using his airforce to attack [[Libya]]n rebels. Lavrov accepted the assurance and the [[Russian Federation]] did not [[veto]] passage of UNSC 1973 on March 17, 2011. By March 19, US air power was attacking Gaddafi's ground forces.<ref>https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2011-03-23/russia-military-intervention-libya</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AjAyCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA219&lpg=PA219&dq=violated+the+UN+Security+Council+resolution+on+Libya,+when+instead+of+imposing+the+so-called+no-fly+zone+over+it+they+started+bombing+it+too.&source=bl&ots=HRqOB2VBJQ&sig=5r066oZAPgWKZIsS9B04IzMGlL8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjH_5Pv69HTAhUjj1QKHZJ0CkIQ6AEIKzAF#v=onepage&q=violated%20the%20UN%20Security%20Council%20resolution%20on%20Libya%2C%20when%20instead%20of%20imposing%20the%20so-called%20no-fly%20zone%20over%20it%20they%20started%20bombing%20it%20too.&f=false]</ref> The deception was the immediate cause of a deterioration in US-Russian relations which has continued into the [[Trump administration]].

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