"We again call on relevant sides to cease fire immediately and resolve the Libya issue in a peaceful manner," Jiang said.

Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said, after meeting visiting U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates in Moscow on Tuesday, that an immediate ceasefire and dialogue would best protect civilians in Libya.

On Monday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin severely criticized the U.S. role in the "Odyssey Dawn" operation against Libya, saying "the use of force against other countries had become a steady trend in U.S. policy".

He also said the U.N. resolution "is, surely, flawed and lame...as it allows intervention in a sovereign country".

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe Monday reprimanded the West for bombing Libya, saying some countries manipulated the U.N. resolution to attack Libya.

Mugabe said the African Union and the Arab League had indeed been cheated by the West.

Bolivian President Evo Morales told a press conference Monday it was unaccepted that the Western coalition, under the pretext of protecting Libyan civilians, bombed and destroyed the country.

He described the intervention as "a crime, an assault and an aggression", and urged the United Nations to order an immediate end to the military operation.

Morales also called for the withdrawal of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize from U.S. President Barack Obama.