site.btaPM Glavchev Rewards Flight Teams Who Evacuated Bulgarian Nationals from Lebanon

After two evacuation flights carried out within less than 48 hours apart, another 25 or so Bulgarian citizens and members of their families in Beirut and the rest of Lebanon have declared their readiness to evacuate, Deputy Foreign Minister Elena

The second flight of the government airbus crewed by the State Aviation Operator Tuesday brought back 80 Bulgarian nationals from Lebanon, caretaker Minister of Transport and Communications Krasimira Stoyanova said as she welcomed the second

Bulgaria managed to evacuate a total of 169 Bulgarian nationals from Lebanon in less than 48 hours with the efforts of caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev, the Foreign Ministry, the Bulgarian Embassy in Lebanon and Bulgaria's diplomatic missions in the region and the Middle East. Their evacuation was carried out in the safest way for them by a flight of the state air operator, thanks to the cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Transport, the assistance of all competent Bulgarian services and the help of partner services involved in the operation, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release on Tuesday.

"A total of 89 of our compatriots were evacuated on today's flight," Prime Minister Glavchev said.