By John Lee.
The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has announced that a French court has ruled in its favour in a case which would see the release of a $100-million loan owed to the bank.
The assets were held by Credit Agricole, and were frozen at the request of Al-Kharafi Group, which is owned by one of Kuwait's biggest merchant families.
Al Kharafi had signed a contract with the Gaddafi regime in 2006 to build a beach resort in the Tajoura area of Tripoli, which it was to run for 90 years, but Tripoli cancelled the deal unilaterally in 2010.
A Cairo court ruled in 2013 that Al-Kharafi was owed $930 million over the broken contract, mostly for lost revenues.
The statement from the CBL can be viewed here.
(Source: CBL)
