U.S. President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to seek a "broad" global effort on Libya, the White House said, after the allies sparred over Western air strikes.

Obama, on a visit to Latin America, spoke by telephone to Erdogan who has publicly denounced the military campaign against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi as counter-productive.

Obama and Erdogan "reaffirmed their support for the full implementation" of recent UN Security Council resolutions "in order to protect the Libyan people," a White House statement said.

"The leaders agreed that this will require a broad-based international effort, including Arab states, to implement and enforce the UN resolutions, based on national contributions and enabled by NATO's unique multinational command and control capabilities to ensure maximum effectiveness," it said.

A White House official on Air Force One said that Turkey was "uniquely aware of command and control capabilities of NATO" but that Erdogan declined to discuss what Turkey may do on Libya, AFP reported.