Foreign Ministry Urges Bulgarians to Evacuate Libya, Issues Details

Politics » DIPLOMACY | February 26, 2011, Saturday // 13:29
Bulgaria: Foreign Ministry Urges Bulgarians to Evacuate Libya, Issues Details A Libyan man points a weapon at a poster of embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Musaid, near the Libyan-Egyptian border. Photo by EPA/BGNES

The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement calling citizens to evacuate violence-ridden Libya, using all possible means.

One means of evacuation mentioned by the Ministry is via Tripoli airport, using the commercial airlines that are still servicing flights.

Another option is to sign up for the French battle frigate Tourville from the port of Benghazi. For that, nationals have to contact the Consulate of Sweden in Benghazi, with details as follows:

Person of contact: Anders Nilsson. Phone: +218 61 222 51 16, 223 04 30, 223 79 02, Fax: +218 61 222 52 29, 222 22 99, Email: sweconlibya@yahoo.com, address: Consulate of Sweden, 4, El Arish Street, Feuhat El Gharbia, Benghazi.

Bulgarians from the central and western parts of Libya must join larger groups of foreigners leaving the country or contact the Bulgarian Embassy in Tripoli.

Those without passports must contact the Tripoli embassy to receive traveling papers.

Bulgarians leaving the country individually must inform the embassy. Those who do not wish to leave Libya must also inform the embassy in Tripoli or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Earlier Saturday Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov stated that there is the possibilitiy of sending one more rescue plane to Libya within the next few days.

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