The Libyan minister in Vienna and has not deserted his post Government Libya denied Thursday that the oil minister of the North African country, Shokri Ghanem, defected from his post and fled to Tunisia, reported teleSUR special envoy to Tripoli, Rolando Segura. Through
network Twitter, Segura said the information was confirmed by Deputy Foreign Minister of Libya, Khaled Kaim, who specified that the authority is located in Vienna, Austria. The announcement comes after several international media disseminate that Ghanem had "fled" from Libya to seek refuge in Tunisia.
The data for the resignation of the incumbent was allegedly leaked Tuesday by Tunisian security forces and confirmed by the rebels in the city of Benghazi (east). According to these sources, Ghanem crossed the border on Saturday with other people.
His defection was never confirmed by the Libyan Government, but the international networks was announced at a time that called them "a blow" to the country's leader, Muammar Al Gaddafi. Ghanem returned to the leadership of the Libyan oil company NOC in late 2009 after being ousted three years earlier.
Currently, the oil minister is considered one of the most influential leaders within the circle of power Libyan, it is one of the most trusted positions to Gaddafi and is the head of NOC, besides the Ministry of Oil. Similarly, among his roles is to direct all the levers of economic power of the Government of Libya.
Ghanem Early April is among the five top government officials of Muammar Al Gaddafi, because of this, the U.S. Treasury Department had extended the scope of its economic sanctions against Libya. On Tuesday, representatives of the Libyan Government is willing to comply with resolution 1973 Security Council UN ceasefire if the rebels and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) bombing stops, that since 19 March, have caused over 200 deaths and an undetermined number injured.
These attacks have been criticized by several international players calling for the cease-fire and protect the lives of innocent civilians. Despite these appeals, the internal situation in the North African country, where a group of rebels backed by foreign forces fighting the government, has kept the nation plunged into bombing.
While NATO says attacks have not targeted residential areas, have been attacked Tripoli University, hospitals, government buildings and national television antennas. To violence, Gaddafi has repeatedly stated the request to resolve the conflict through dialogue, but NATO has consistently refused to stop the bombing.
0 comments:
Post a Comment