Exclusive - Libya's rival oil minister wants to attend OPEC meeting


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  • Wednesday, 26 Nov 2014

Mashallah Zwai, Oil Minister in rival Prime Minister Omar al-Hassi's government, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Tripoli November 25, 2014. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's rival government wants to send its appointed oil minister to the OPEC summit in Vienna this week and will refuse to comply with any production decisions if it is denied access, the minister said.

Libya has two cabinets and parliaments vying for legitimacy since a rival group took control of the capital Tripoli in August, installing its own prime minister and assembly and forcing the country's internationally recognised prime minister, Abdullah al-Thinni, to move his operations to the east of the country.

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