Britain is preparing to send advisors to “help” Libya’s opposition fighters in eastern county, media reports said without ruling out any military intervention in the North African country.

Britain is preparing to send advisors to “help” Libya’s opposition fighters in eastern county, media reports said without ruling out any military intervention in the North African country.

The British daily The Telegraph quoted sources as saying that with Western leaders now calling for Gaddafi's removal from power, British diplomats would help "support the transition" of power.
The daily also said that British Special Forces were thought to be deployed in eastern Libya.
“Publicly, Britain will only admit to sending diplomats to engage in political dialogue with the Libyan opposition. However, both Special Forces soldiers and MI6 officers are thought to be on standby for deployment to eastern Libya.”

The British ambassador to Libya, Richard Northern, who left the country last week, was co-coordinating British contacts with the anti-Gaddafi groups, who were concentrated around Benghazi.

For its part, the British daily The Guardian also said that Britain was to “send experts able to give military advice into east Libya to make contact with opposition leaders.”

The daily considered the move as a “clear intervention on the ground to bolster the anti-Gaddafi uprising, learn more about its leadership, and see what logistical support it needs”.

However, it quoted Whitehall sources said the diplomatic taskforce would not give arms to the rebels, as there was an international arms embargo.
These developments came as Libya's deputy foreign minister, Khaled Kaim, said that Tripoli had accepted a peace initiative put forward by Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez, which was heavily criticized by the White House.

Kaim said it stated that a committee would be formed by African, Asian and Latin American countries "to help the international dialogue and to help the restoration of peace and stability".
On the other hand, NATO commanders were instructed to draw up plans for military options, including a no-fly zone.

British Prime Minister David Cameron had earlier faced criticism, including from the Pentagon, for raising the idea of a NATO no-fly zone.