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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 9520305" data-attributes="member: 92282">India has agreed to facilitate the evacuation of some 1200 stranded Sri  Lankan citizens in violence hit-Libya, the Hindustan Times reported  quoting an official.The Sri Lankan High Commission in New Delhi has been asked to contact  the relevant Indian authorities to explore the possibility of  accommodating Lankans on the ships that India were sending to get its  citizens out, foreign ministry sources said on Friday. More than 200 Lankans have taken refuge in Sri Lankan’s new embassy in  Tripoli after they found themselves trapped in the spreading violence. Sources said logistics were being worked out about sending a chartered  flight to evacuate 498 Lankans who made a request through the embassy. ``We are making an assessment of all the alternatives available to us  (to move out Lankans). We are also making enquiries about commercial  flights that could bring back our citizens. We are in touch with various  friendly countries,’’ foreign ministry sources said. <a href="http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/10022-india-to-evacuate-lankans-in-libya.html#comments" target="_blank">dm</a></blockquote>

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