France Working at UN to Unblock Rebel Access to Libya

- France Working at UN to Unblock Rebel Access to Libya

Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)

France is working with other countries at the United Nations to unblock access for Libya's rebel-led Transitional National Council (TNC) to the country's resources, the French foreign ministry confirmed Wednesday.

The United Nations in a resolution in March blacklisted five Libyan companies, including the National Oil Corporation, as part of a series sanctions against Moamer Gaddafi's regime.

Traders have since been wary of buying Libyan oil.

Libya's rebels have been campaigning to have the oil sanctions lifted.

Ahead of a meeting between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and rebel leader Mahmoud Jibril in Paris, a foreign ministry spokesman said France considered the TNC should be able to "dispose of the financial resources that have been frozen by the UN Security Council sanctions resolutions."

"We are currently working towards that goal in New York, in close concertation with our partners," the spokesman said.

France, along with several other countries, recognize the TNC as a legitimate representative of the Libyan people.

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Libyan Rebel Leader Urges Repsol to Return

- Libyan Rebel Leader Urges Repsol to Return

Friday, July 22, 2011
Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)

Libyan rebel leader Mahmud Jibril called on Thursday on all Spanish firms, including oil company Repsol, to return to Libya, which has been engulfed by a five-month-long civil war.

The Libya's National Transitional Council website operated by the rebels quoted Jibril as saying "the strong bilateral relations with Spain are very important for us, Spanish companies like Repsol are very important for our oil fields plus Spanish companies are helping us in rebuilding the infrastructure of the country."

The company is the mouthpiece of the rebel forces battling Moammar Gaddafi's regime.

Repsol, which has had a presence in Libya since the 1970s, has cut its oil production in half and evacuated all its nationals and experts from the country after the uprising against Gaddafi started.

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