The European embassies in Tripoli can be counted on the fingers of one hand
(BRUSSELS2) Hungary, which holds the presidency of the European Union, would be one of the only European countries to have kept its embassy open in Tripoli, along with Romania which has a consular service and Cyprus -, after the worsening of the security in the Libyan capital. However, these representations operate with reduced staff.
The ransacking on Sunday of several residences of ambassadors and the Italian embassy in Tripoli (which was closed) - led the UN to repatriate its staff to Tunisia. Turkey - which also represents the interests of several European countries such as the United Kingdom or Italy and is a member of NATO and is home to the air headquarters in Izmir which commands the planes flying over Libya - has taken a decision similar, " temporarily we say in Ankara. " This in no way means a cut in our contacts with Libya, we will continue our efforts ».
Two European countries plan to return quickly to the Libyan capital, a European diplomat confirmed to me.
According to my information, about 40 countries currently maintain diplomatic representation in Tripoli, including Serbia, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia (which also represents Bulgaria's interests), Azerbaijan and several other CIS countries. . TChina, several African countries, Cuba and Venezuela have also maintained diplomatic representation.
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