Libya will face a “catastrophic situation” unless foreign powers put pressure on Khalifa Haftar to lift a blockade of oilfields that cut output to almost zero, Al-Serraj claimed today.

Fayez al-Serraj clarified that he rejects eastern demands to link a reopening of oil ports to a new distribution of oil revenues among Libyans, emphasizing that such income is -in any case- meant to benefit the entire country.