{{Armed protesters have stormed the eastern Libyan oil port of Zueitina in an attempt to stop export operations, a witness has said.}}<\/p>\n
The raid on Tuesday at the port, 850km east of Tripoli, came hours after workers temporarily suspended a strike and resumed production at oilfields that pump to the terminal.<\/p>\n
It was not immediately known what the protesters wanted, but an engineer working at the port recognised them as being part of a group of civilian demonstrators who shut down the terminal for several weeks earlier this year demanding jobs.<\/p>\n
“The group arrived and asked that operations be shut down,” the engineer told the Reuters news agency by phone.<\/p>\n
“A ship bound for Italy was being loaded with crude and I had to negotiate with them to allow the loading to continue.<\/p>\n
“It was difficult to convince them but the ship is being loaded. All other export activities are shut down.”<\/p>\n
A senior Libyan oil industry source confirmed the disruption and said export operations were affected.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred just hours after workers at Libya’s Zueitina Oil Company suspended their strike that had shut down oilfields and halted operations at the Zueitina terminal, demanding a change in management relating to a dispute over work conditions.<\/p>\n
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