Brazil evacuates embassy staff from Libya
The staff will be temporarily moved to Tunis
Brazil has evacuated its diplomatic staff from Libya amid growing lawlessness and unrest and after similar moves by other Western nations.
Citing "deteriorating safety conditions," the foreign ministry said "the government has decided to transfer temporarily its Brazilian staff at its Tripoli embassy to Tunis," an official statement said yesterday.
It does not mean the embassy will be closed, the statement stressed.
Fighting between rival militias for control of Tripoli airport and between Islamists and a former general in Benghazi, cradle of the 2011 revolution that ousted dictator Moamer Kadhafi, has killed scores.
Citing "deteriorating safety conditions," the foreign ministry said "the government has decided to transfer temporarily its Brazilian staff at its Tripoli embassy to Tunis," an official statement said yesterday.
It does not mean the embassy will be closed, the statement stressed.
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The United States and Canada also have shuttered their embassies in Tripoli, while several countries including Britain, France, Germany and Egypt advised their nationals over the weekend to leave immediately.
Fighting between rival militias for control of Tripoli airport and between Islamists and a former general in Benghazi, cradle of the 2011 revolution that ousted dictator Moamer Kadhafi, has killed scores.