Croatian Viadukt construction company workers have been evacuated from Libya and are on a flight towards Sofia, where they will be met by staff from the Croatian embassy. From there, the workers will continue on to Croatia, the news agency Hina reports, citing sources from the Foreign ministry on Wednesday morning
"Seventy-eight Viadukt workers are flying from Libya aboard a Bulgarian flight to Sofia, where they will be welcomed by Croatian Embassy staff who will help in their transfer to Croatia," Ministry officials said, adding that most of the workers were Croatian nationals.
It is also expected that some 20 workers of the Montmontaza company will board a Turkish ship which is about to enter the Port of Benghazi.
About 40 other Croatian workers are at Tripoli airport and they are expected to be taken to a safe place aboard regular flights or with Austria's help during the day.
As for other Croatian workers in Libya, notably Crosco workers in the south of the country, Libyan authorities are expected to give permission for their transfer to a safe place. Crosco, the Italian company ENI, and Libyan partners are working on the workers' transfer, Ministry officials said.
The Croatian Foreign Ministry is also trying to organise the evacuation of individual workers from Libya and is cooperating in those efforts with other countries, notably Turkey.
