Members of the NATO alliance said they welcomed Libyan investment board actions as a step toward ensuring authority over the nation’s oil wealth. The governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States issued a joint statement welcoming the formation of an interim five-member steering committee for the Libyan Investment Authority. Under a U.N. Security Council resolution, the consolidation of the investment authority, the National Oil Company and the Central Bank of Libya around the internationally backed government in Tripoli is “a matter of urgency,” the joint statement read. All six of the NATO members in their statement called on “all Libyans to support the government in preserving […]