Libyan/Swiss reality show continues...

Libya has no intention of stopping its oil deliveries, or of withdrawing funds from Swiss banks, the Swiss ambassador to Libya said on Sunday.

The Libyan authorities have denied reports to this effect which have appeared this week, ambassador Daniel von Muralt told the Swiss news agency.

News of the halting of oil supplies came late on Wednesday. The head of the Libyan Tamoil company was quoted in the media as saying that the decision had come from the government, not from the company.

Subsequently the head of Libya's central bank told the AP news agency that Libya had withdrawn all its deposits from Swiss banks.

On Saturday a spokesman for Geneva airport confirmed newspaper reports that the Libyan Afriqiyah airlines was reducing its weekly flights from three to one. More...

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