Libyan port rebels threaten secession over rival parliament
Baku-APA. A Libyan rebel group which has seized oil ports in the past to press its demand for regional autonomy said on Friday it would declare independence in the east if the world recognized a rival parliament, APA reports quoting Reuters.
Libya is divided after an armed group seized the capital Tripoli in August, setting up its own parliament and leaving the internationally-recognized House of Representatives and government a rump state in the east.
"If the world recognizes the (rival assembly) General National Congress like the House of Representatives then we will be forced to declare eastern independence," the group led by Ibrahim Jathran said in a statement.
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