Egypt’s Ambassador in Libya Mohamed Tharwat Selim announced, on Monday, that 90 Egyptian citizens who have been detained at the illegal immigration headquarters in Tripoli since last Friday have been released.
He said that the Egyptian Embassy in Tripoli, which resumed its work last month, succeeded in releasing the Egyptian detainees in coordination with the relevant Libyan authorities.
Tharwat thanked Minister of Interior Fathi Bashagha and other local authorities for their efforts to solve the issue.
He also added that most of the released Egyptians were from Minya governorate.
