Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Libya: Rebels set to export first oil shipment

Libya: Rebels set to export first oil shipment

Rebel fighter by the wreckage of a government vehicle near Brega (5 April 2011)

The first export of oil from rebel-held areas of eastern Libya for almost three weeks is due to begin later.

Libya's opposition groups are said to be making plans to load a tanker due to dock at a terminal near Tobruk.

It comes as Nato air strikes were reported against pro-Gaddafi forces and rebels gathered near the town of Brega.

Libya's government has remained defiant, with an envoy who is visiting Europe insisting that Col Muammar Gaddafi will not step down.

Meanwhile Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Col Gaddafi, has told the BBC that Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa did not betray Libya by leaving for the UK.

No comments:

Post a Comment