Libya: Oil firm gets backing from US, Turkey as LNA tries to split NOC

According to reports, seven countries which include United States, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates, support and recognize state-owned Libyan oil firm National Oil Corporation (C) as only legal and authorized authority for Arab country's energy sector, a joint statement has revealed on September 22. Earlier, C condemned an alleged attempt to break apart eastern division of oil company by Haftar. 

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Contents of Statement

According to U.S Embassy for Libya statement:  For sake of Libya's political and ecomic stability and well-being of all its citizens, it was revealed that US explicitly supported C. US embassy statement furr said that joint statement was signed by US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, UAE and Turkey. statement also said that y support C as country's sole independent, legitimate and npartisan oil company and that w is time to consolidate national ecomic institutions rar than break m apart.

Reportedly, move has come after eastern Libyan parallel authority in tandem to Khalifa Haftar ainted a different board previous week for local unit of National Oil Corporation which is being seen by diplomatic experts as a way to break away from national capital Tripoli hequarters.

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Background

According to global media reports, Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) force has been attempting to take Tripoli, home to internationally recognized government, in a half-year long military offensive. Previous week, National Oil Corporation vociferously condemned appointment of a parallel board for eastern division of Brega Petroleum Marketing Co (BPMC) as an attempt to divide nation and set up an unauthorized entity to export oil. 

National Oil Corporation is a state company who man oil and gas exports even though LNA did try to take control of oil ports under its authority and reigns. Reportedly, Diplomats have said that Haftar's forces have been supported by UAE and Egypt and Turkey supports Tripoli forces. 

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