The White House said on Wednesday that no decision has been made about providing arms to the opposition or any group in Libya, Xinhua reported.
"We're not ruling it out or ruling it in," White House spokesman Jay Carney said in a statement, adding that "we're assessing and reviewing options for all types of assistance that we could provide to the Libyan people." He noted that the United States has consulted directly with the Libyan opposition and international partners of the U.S. about the matter.
President Barack Obama told U.S. TV networks on Tuesday that he did not rule out providing arms to the Libyan opposition seeking to end Muammar Gaddafi's nearly 42-year-old rule.
The U.S. and its allies launched military strikes on Libya on March 19 to establish a no-fly zone over the North African country to protect the civilians as authorized by a UN Security Council resolution, but the Libyan opposition has failed to take the upper hand over government forces, prompting calls for providing arms to them.