<span style="color: #222222;">External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said that India has evacuated its entire contingent of 15 CRPF personnel from Tripoli after the situation suddenly worsened in Libya. The CRPF contingent was deployed as a peacekeeping force in Tripoli.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The military conflict in Libya escalated after forces of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar launched an air strike yesterday in an area in Tripoli and the government vowed a major counteroffensive.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The United Nations has called for an two-hour truce to allow evacuations of civilians and the wounded. Rivalries between Haftar and the government threaten to plunge the country into a civil war.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Indian Ambassador in Tunisia has the concurrent charge of Libya. In a tweet last night, Mrs Swaraj said, all Indians in distress in Tripoli may please contact Mr Mehtab on 218916320278 or Mr Mustafa on 218924201771 or 218912146640.&nbsp;</span><br />'' &nbsp;<br />
News On AIR | April 8, 2019 7:54 AM
India evacuates peacekeeping CRPF contingent from Libya says EAM Sushma Swaraj