March 1, 2011 8:50 PM

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Krishna seeks Libya's help in evacuating trapped Indians

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today spoke to his Libyan counterpart Musssa Kussa for his country's help in evacuating the trapped Indians. A total of 557 Indians returned New Delhi in two batches by air from strife-torn Libya in the wee hours today taking to 1,083 the total number of people evacuated so far by the four Air India special flights. Mr. Krishna said, So far nearly 20 per cent of an estimated 18,000 Indians were pulled out of the strife-torn North African nation. The high level contact with Libya was made even as government received landing clearance for three special flights daily from India to Libyan Capital Tripoli up to March 12, after the facility was extended beyond March 7.A statement by Ministry of External Affairs said in New Delhi that the ship Scotia Prince, which had docked at Benghazi yesterday, is setting sail for Alexandria, Egypt, around noon (local time), with an estimated 1,188 Indian nationals on board. 21 more Indian nationals crossed over to Salloum (Egypt) yesterday by road and have been moved to Cairo and they will leave for Mumbai by Gulf Air, along with 85 other Indian nationals who had in the same way reached Cairo.

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