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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko has thanked his Libyan counterpart Abdul Ati al-Obeidi for his assistance in conducting the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens who wished to return home, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's information policy department reported on Wednesday.

Hryschenko received a Libyan delegation in Kyiv at the request of the Libyan side.

The meeting was dedicated to resolving the conflict in Libya under the provisions of UN Security Council resolutions 1970 (2011) and 1973 (2011), as well as the dialog between Tripoli and the Libyan rebel National Transitional Council with a view to ending the armed conflict and seeking mutually acceptable ways to achieve its peaceful settlement.

Special attention was paid to "the importance of taking all measures to protect and guarantee the safety of Ukrainian citizens who remain on the territory controlled by the government in Tripoli."