Acting Libya oil minister Shakmak says to resign

Libyan Oil Minister and OPEC president Omar Shakmak leaves a news conference after a meeting of OPEC oil ministers in Vienna June 11, 2014. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader·Reuters· (Reuters)

BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - Libya's acting oil minister Omar Shakmak said on Wednesday he would resign following a request by Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni. "I will abide by the decision because it is not a matter of job but it is Libya. We can serve Libya in different jobs," he told Reuters by phone. He did not say who will replace him. Shakmak, a technocrat, had run the portfolio since Oil Minister Abdelbari al-Arushi resigned earlier this year.

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