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China sends aircraft to bring home nationals stranded in Libya
Source: Xinhua |
February 23, 2011, Wednesday
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CHINA'S first chartered plane to evacuate its nationals from Libya left Beijing this afternoon.
Carrying a joint task group of officials from various ministries, the chartered aircraft, an Air China Airbus A330-200, took off at about 5:15pm with food, medicines and other necessities on board.
Since the unrest erupted in Libya on February 16, people had been attacked and there had been vandalism, looting and arson, and Chinese firms had been attacked and Chinese nationals injured, sources with the ministry said earlier.
A construction site run by Huafeng Construction Co., Ltd., based in Zhejiang Province, was reportedly looted by an armed group Sunday in the eastern city of Agedabia, and almost 1,000 Chinese workers were forced out of their on-site living quarters.
"The Chinese government attaches great importance to the situation and has instructed the Chinese Embassy in Libya to take every necessary measure to ensure the safety of Chinese nationals and organizations in Libya," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu at a regular news briefing yesterday.
Carrying a joint task group of officials from various ministries, the chartered aircraft, an Air China Airbus A330-200, took off at about 5:15pm with food, medicines and other necessities on board.
Since the unrest erupted in Libya on February 16, people had been attacked and there had been vandalism, looting and arson, and Chinese firms had been attacked and Chinese nationals injured, sources with the ministry said earlier.
A construction site run by Huafeng Construction Co., Ltd., based in Zhejiang Province, was reportedly looted by an armed group Sunday in the eastern city of Agedabia, and almost 1,000 Chinese workers were forced out of their on-site living quarters.
"The Chinese government attaches great importance to the situation and has instructed the Chinese Embassy in Libya to take every necessary measure to ensure the safety of Chinese nationals and organizations in Libya," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu at a regular news briefing yesterday.
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