Libyan officials said Tuesday they expected to reopen oil ports next week following an agreement with tribes whose members had blockaded terminals for several months.
Libyan officials said Tuesday they expected to reopen oil ports next
week following an agreement with tribes whose members had blockaded terminals
for several months.
Oil exports from
Libya
have
been reduced to a trickle in the past fourth months at oil terminals in the
Eastern part of the country because of the action of tribes people, some of
whom work at the ports and were on strike.
"The exports will reopen on the 15th [December.] There was an
agreement" between leaders of tribes to which the strikers belong, said
Najib Mukhtar, a member of the energy committee of Libya's parliament, the
General National Congress. The agreement, which follows a meeting between
tribes in
Eastern Libya
, "is to set up a committee for observation of
exports" with representatives from all parts of the country.
The remarks were also confirmed by a spokesman from the Petroleum Facilities
Guard, whose members have been among those blocking the ports.
Ibrahim Jadhran, the main leader of the strikers in
Eastern
Libya
, couldn't be reached for comment on his cellphones.
Previous promises to restart exports, however, haven't been fulfilled.
Some leaders of the strikers have previously alleged exports weren't accounted
properly and some of their proceeds were missing. They also had other
grievances and were demanding more jobs for locals.
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