Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Avoid visiting Libya
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia advised citizens against going to Libya earlier today.
Taking into account the current situation in Libya, the ministry recommends to avoid air, sea or land transportation to the territory of Libya, where a civil war is currently being waged for control of the country and its resources.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia does not have the ability to help Georgian citizens in Libya.
The conflict began in 2014 among two rival blocs – the country’s House of Representatives and the General National Congress.
As a result of ongoing civil war, more than 25,000 people have been displaced and at least 100 people killed.
On 16-17 January, 10 people were killed and 41 wounded as a result of clashes in Tripoli, the capital of Libya. Women and children are among the victims, Libya’s health ministry has reported.
The Maritime Transport Agency of Georgia reports that 22-year-old Davit Razmadze, a Georgian sailor who disappeared from a ship in Libya on 7 January 2019, has been found dead. Director of the Maritime Transport Agency of Georgia Tamar Ioseliani says his body has been identified.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia reported today that one of three Georgian soldiers detained in Libya in August of last year has been released and returned to his family in Georgia’s coastal Adjara region yesterday.
Georgian sailor Soslan Kakabadze, who spent three years in custody in Libya, has returned to Georgia due to the efforts of the Georgian government and the Hungarian Embassy in Libya.
Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that they are doing their utmost to help three Georgian sailors who were detained in Libya last year for illegally crossing the border and smuggling contraband fuel.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry has responded to a briefing of the family members of two Georgian sailors who have been unable to leave Libya for two months, saying that the restriction is related to legal procedures and the death of another Georgian sailor back in January.