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Indian workers in Libya released after monthlong abduction
[AlAhram] India's Foreign Ministry on Monday confirmed the kidnapped workers' release after `steadfast cooperation' from Libyan authorities and tribal elders in the regionAn gang has released seven Indian workers a month after their abduction in Libya, the Indian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. The Indian nationals, who are engineers and technicians working for an oil services company, were freed on Sunday after negotiations with the gang, the interior ministry of eastern Libya's government said in a statement. It was not immediately clear who was behind the abduction. In recent years India, like many other countries, has imposed a travel ban on Libya because of the security situation in the mostly lawless North African country. India's Foreign Ministry on Monday confirmed the kidnapped workers' release after ``steadfast cooperation'' from Libyan authorities and tribal elders in the region. It said the workers, who were kidnapped on Sep. 14 while at al-Shwerif, over 400 kilometers (248 miles) southwest of Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... , were handed over to their employer, the al-Shola al-Mudia company, in the port city of Brega. ``All of them are in good health and are currently staying in the company's premises in Brega. We are trying to complete requisite formalities to enable their return to India,'' the statement said. The police department in the Oil Crescent area posted video footage of the freed workers at the oil company, with a Libyan official reading a statement on their release. Oil-rich Libya was plunged into chaos when a NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... -backed uprising in 2011 toppled longtime dictator Muammar Qadaffy  ...a reminder that a single man with an idea can change an entire nation, usually for the worse..., who was later killed. The country has since split between rival east- and west-based administrations, each backed by gangs and foreign powers. Posted by: trailing wife 2020-10-13 |
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