By DPA,
Athens : Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has released three Dutch navy pilots who had tried to evacuate Dutch citizens from the strife-torn country, a spokesman for the Greek defence ministry told DPA.
The pilots had flown to Libya in late February to pick up Dutch citizens stranded in the Libyan port of Sirte, but were seized by government troops.
Late Thursday, officials in Tripoli turned the three men over to Greek officers.
“One of our planes is landing this evening in Tripoli” to pick them up, Ilias Vergitsis, spokesman for the Greek defence ministry, told DPA Thursday.
It is expected that the plane should return to Athens Friday morning with the three pilots as well as several Greek citizens who work in Libya.
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