Two German military planes on Saturday left Libya with 133 foreign nationals on board, the Foreign Ministry in Berlin said without providing further details about the evacuation mission, dpa reported.
"I am very relieved that the evacuation succeeded," Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said. "I thank all those who were involved in the planning and execution of the event. I especially thank the members of the (armed forces) for their courageous mission."
According to information obtained by the German Press Agency dpa, the planes had flown to southern Libya from a NATO base on the Greek island of Crete and were to return there.
Among the planes' passengers are dozens of German and European Union citizens, the ministry said.
It estimates that some 100 German nationals are still currently in Libya, with about half located in the interior of the unrest-beset North African country.
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