Libya plans to end seizures of oil ports within days - PM

Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan speaks during a news conference in Tripoli, Libya January 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya plans to remove protesters who have seized eastern ports vital for lucrative oil exports within the next few days, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Sunday.

But he did not say whether force would be used, telling Libya's al-Ahrar news channel that he did not want the country to plunge into civil war.