London, Mar 23 (ANI): Amid concerns of Tory MPs that the Libya war could last for 30 years, British Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey has said that it is very uncertain how long the combat is going to stretch in the oil rich country.
"How long is a piece of string? We don't know how long this is going to go on. We don't know if this is going to result in a stalemate. We don't know if his capabilities are going to be degraded quickly. Ask me again in a week," the Daily Mail quoted Harvey, as saying.
His comments have come following Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's declaration last night that his regime is ready for entrenched conflict.
"In the short term, we'll beat them, in the long term, we'll beat them," Gaddafi had claimed while addressing supporters at his residential compound near Tripoli, which was hit by an allied cruise missile on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary William Hague has refused to talk about a deadline for the British involvement to solve the problem.
"It's too early to speculate. It depends what happens one way or another. I don't think you can put a deadline or a time objective to that. We will continue to enforce United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 until there is a complete and genuine ceasefire and an end to attacks on civilians," he added. (ANI)
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