Libyan Rebel Leader: Govt Has Not Fulfilled Deal to Reopen Ports

May 7, 2014

A rebel group controlling two large oil export ports in eastern Libya said on Wednesday the government had not fulfilled its part of an agreement to reopen the ports.

Abd-Rabbo al-Barassi, self-declared prime minister of the group, also told a pro-rebel television station it refused to deal with new Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq.

(Reporting by Ulf Laessing; Editing by Andrew Roche)

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