Media: Ukrainian diplomats robbed in Libya

Unidentified persons robbed the Ambassador and Consul of Ukraine in Libya, when they were sent from Tripoli to the town of RAS-Agadir on the border with Tunisia, said the Arab media.




According to authorized armed group " Dawn of Libya ", which now controls Tripoli, "a criminal gang" had attacked the convoy of the Ukrainian Ambassador to Libya in the area of El-Maya by the way, an announcer from the capital to the Races-Agadir, situated on the Libyan - Tunisian border." Information centre "Dawn of Libya" explained that, according to him, " on the road to Tunisia Ukrainian Ambassador was accompanied by Consul of Ukraine ", reports news Agency. During the attack on a diplomatic convoy "criminal gang" was taken from the Ukrainian authorized car phones, and " print belonging to the Embassy and the Consulate of Ukraine ". After some time the bandits freed the seized ". InfoCenter "Dawn of Libya" is not said, which way went the Ukrainian staff of the foreign Ministry after the attack." The dawn of Libya "was subjected to charges of organizing attacks on Ukrainian diplomats" equipped with weapons of the Libyan tribes " who cooperate with the Libyan national army, under the command of General Khalifa Haftar. Libyan army Haftar, with his own hand, officially rejected the accusations, calling them " an attempt to discredit government forces ". Again, a Large number of countries to withdraw their diplomatic missions from Tripoli last summer, after Libyan capital took under their own supervision the establishment of the Commonwealth " Dawn of Libya ".


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