On Tuesday, Libya’s Ministry of Transport announced that a total of 104 Libyan nationals, who were evacuated from Sudan via Saudi Arabia a few days ago, are set to arrive in Tripoli.
In a statement, the ministry added that nationals will arrive on an Afriqiyah Airways flight, from Jeddah.
This comes a day after the Libyan Foreign Ministry confirmed that the nationals were evacuated from conflict-ridden Sudan, in coordination with the Saudi authorities.
Yesterday, the Libyan Prime Minister-designate, Fathi Bashagha thanked Saudi Arabia for its efforts to evacuate members of the Libyan community stranded in Sudan, and to facilitate their return to Libya.
In a tweet, Bashagha confirmed the depth of brotherly relations between the two countries.
On his part, the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU) Abdel-Hamid Dbaiba said: “We are following the process of evacuating Libyan nationals from Sudan. We appreciate the role of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in facilitating the procedures.”
The Libyan Embassy in Sudan said that 105 nationals have been evacuated to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The Embassy stated that the Libyans who were evacuated were employees of the diplomatic mission and their families, students, and employees of Libyan institutions operating in Sudan. They were evacuated by sea through Port Sudan to Jeddah.
Libyan Ambassador to Sudan, Fawzi Boumrez confirmed that the evacuation took place in coordination with the Saudi Embassy in Sudan. He pointed out that the process of transferring Libyans from Saudi Arabia will be by air, via a Libyan Airlines plane.
