Bilateral Relations: Libya seeks closer ties with Russia

Reuters reports that Libya sought to strengthen energy ties with Russia, an alliance that could raise alarms in Europe where countries had looked to Libya to help ease their dependence on Russian oil.

"We would like to achieve bigger volumes in investment cooperation between Russia and Libya in the oil and gas sectors," Libyan Prime Minister al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmudi said at the start of talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

The Libyan prime minister said after the talks he had discussed the possibility of Russian cooperation in building a nuclear power station in Libya, Russian news agencies reported.

Putin said Libya was also seeking to buy Russian weapons.

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