"IS did not kidnap Serbs, we have guarantees they're alive"

There is no information that Serbian embassy employees kidnapped in Libya are in the hands of Islamic State, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official has said.

Veljko Odalovic spoke for state broadcaster RTS late on Thursday to say that Serbian authorities are in contact with those in Tripoli, "and are receiving guarantees from there that the kidnapped Serbians are alive."