France have evacuated 4,450 French nationals and 1,150 foreigners, mostly European people from Lebanon, French Foreign Ministry announced Monday.
Some 2,500 others will be evacuated via Turkey aboard a French navy vessel overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Jean-Baptiste Mattei said.
The vessel will transfer 2,500 people from Beirut to the port of Mersin in Turkey, where they will board passengers planes and fly back to Paris, he said.
The French Foreign Ministry also announced the reinforcement of disposals in the region, where more than 120 foreign ministry's staff are sent and that another consulate of emergency for repatriation will be set up in Turkey.