Libya's oil chief, Shokri Ghanemm, has confirmed his defection from Muammar Gaddafi's government

 Libya's oil chief, Shokri Ghanemm, has confirmed his defection from Muammar Gaddafi's government. He explained that he chose to leave because of the country's conflict.

He said, "Best youths and our best men getting killed on the day. With this situation, which is unbearable, one cannot continue working and therefore I left the country and I decided also to leave my job and to join the choice of the Libyan youth to create a modern constitutional state, respecting the human rights and building for a better future for all Libyans. "

Ghanemm made the statement at a news conference in Rome organized by the defected Libyan ambassador. He told reporters that he still saw some possibility of a peaceful settlement to Libya's crisis. He did not formally pledge to work with the rebel movement, saying it was still too early to say. But he confirmed that in the future he will not be representing Libya at OPEC meetings. Ghanem also expressed worries over Libya's oil production, which is coming to a halt because of the international embargo.

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