Acting Libya oil minister Shakmak says to resign
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s acting oil minister Omar Shakmak said on Wednesday he would resign following a request by Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni.
“I will abide by the decision because it is not a matter of job but it is Libya. We can serve Libya in different jobs,” he told Reuters by phone.
He did not say who will replace him. Shakmak, a technocrat, had run the portfolio since Oil Minister Abdelbari al-Arushi resigned earlier this year.
(Reporting by Ahmed Elumami; Writing by Ulf Laessing; editing by Jason Neely)
