Reuters, 02/02 12:06 CET
By Arshad Mohammed
ROME (Reuters) – An
international coalition is pushing back Islamic State militants in their
Syrian and Iraqi strongholds but the group is threatening Libya and
could seize the nation’s oil wealth, U.S Secretary of State John Kerry
said on Tuesday.
Officials from 23 countries are in Rome to review the
fight against Islamic State militants, who have created a
self-proclaimed Caliphate across swathes of Syria and Iraq, and are
spreading into other countries, notably Libya.
Islamic State forces have attacked Libya’s oil
infrastructure and established a foothold in the city of Sirte,
exploiting a power vacuum in the North African country where two rival
governments have been battling for supremacy.
“In Libya, we are on the brink of getting a government of
national unity,” Kerry told the Rome conference.
“That country has
resources. The last thing in the world you want is a false caliphate
with access to billions of dollars of oil revenue.”
Under a U.N.-backed plan for a political transition,
Libya’s two warring administrations are expected to form a unity
government, but a month after the deal was agreed in Morocco, its
implementation has been dogged by in-fighting.
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Source: Euronews
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