Employees of the Croatian construction company Viadukt working in Libya on Wednesday morning arrived in Sofia aboard a Bulgarian flight, where they were welcomed by the staff of the Croatian Embassy.
Sixty-five Viadukt workers arrived in Sofia - 52 Croatians, nine Macedonians and four Serbians. The Croatian nationals were welcomed by Croatian Ambassador Danijela Barisic, and the Macedonian and Serbian workers by their ambassadors.
The workers will be taken to Zagreb aboard a charter flight organised by Viadukt.
"There are another 11 Viadukt workers in Libya, of whom two are expected to reach Zagreb aboard a Lufthansa flight via Frankfurt, and nine are expected to arrive in Croatia via Vienna," Tomislav Strbac of Viadukt told press, adding that all workers had plane tickets and were expected to arrive in Croatia during the day.
"Once they arrive, Viadukt will have withdrawn all of its workers from Libya," said Strbac.
Also, 14 workers of the Geofizika company are expected to arrive from Libya in Zagreb via Frankfurt today.
The Croatian Foreign Ministry said today that some 20 workers of the Montmontaza company were expected to board a Turkish ship which was 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 Foreign Ministry is also trying to organise the evacuation of individual workers from Libya and is cooperating in those efforts with other countries, particularly with Turkey.
