MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Ongoing conflict in Libya plays to advantage of certain foreign countries who do not want Libya to produce and export oil, Former Advisor to the General National Congress in Libya, Khaled Tarjaman told Sputnik Arabic.
"What is happening in Libya now is taking control of oil ports; there is no oil export… I believe there is a 'carte blanche' from 'foreign countries' to target oil platforms, to stop oil production and the process of oil development in the area — to target the economy of Libya," Khaled Tarjaman said.
According to Tarjaman, who is also a political and democratic activist, Libyan peace talks mediated by the United Nations have proven themselves worthless.
Tarjaman said he believes in resolving the current crisis, people in Libya should depend on themselves "and on our friends who could help us resist extremism and non-stopping killing that exhausted us."
Since the 2011 overthrow of Libya's long-standing leader Muammar Gaddafi, the country was engulfed in a bloody civil war. Currently there are two rival governments in Libya. The group controlling the Libyan capital of Tripoli and adjacent western areas is not recognized internationally.
Government forces are also fighting rebel groups, including Islamic State-affiliated militants.
On Thursday another round of UN-mediated talks on stabilizing the political situation in Libya began in Morocco.
