MOSCOW. Aug 2 (Interfax) - Any operations involving Col. Muammar Gaddafi's assets abroad, frozen in compliance with a UN Security Council resolution, should be authorized by the UN Security Council, Sergei Vershinin, the director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Middle East and North Africa Department, told journalists on Tuesday.
"The question now being discussed within the [UN] Security Council is whether to formulate a joint decision in order to be able to use some assets, should such a need arise. But such measures should always be authorized by the Security Council," he said.