On March 4, Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim refuted the information that the oil town of Ras Lanuf is in the hands of Libyan rebels.

According to him, forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi control the town.

“The government controls it ... In Ras Lanuf, everything is calm,” he told reporters, RIA Novosti reports.

A wave of unrest is continuing to spread across the Arab world following the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen and Libya. The demonstrators protest against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s regime, who has been in power for more than 40 years.

Four Armenian citizens were evacuated from Libya last Wednesday. They left for Moscow by a Russian plane