The Russian Minister of Energy, Alexander Novak, has promised to open an investigation with the Russian companies involved in illegal transactions of buying Libyan oil, stressing his country's support for the National Oil Corporation (NOC).

The NOC said on Friday that Novak met with the Chairman of the NOC, Mustafa Sanallah, in the Russian capital Moscow on the sidelines of the Russian Energy Week, pointing out that Novak assured Sanallah that the Russian government will conduct investigations and will impede any attempts by Russian companies to engage in illegal deals with parallel institutions, which are deemed illegal under the United Nations Security Council resolutions.
 

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