Jovica Stepic

Two employees of the Serbian embassy were kidnapped in Libya on Sunday "by mistake," a Belgrade daily is quoting unofficial information.

Two abducted Serbian diplomatic staffers remain missing in Libya despite positive statements from the Serbian authorities that the abductors were located on Sunday.

"We hope to resolve this situation in the coming 48 hours with a positive outcome," Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday.

On Monday, Vucic said he "expects the situation to be resolved any moment."

ATTACK ON CONVOY Two employees of Serbian embassy kidnapped in Libya

A liaison officer and a driver of the Serbian embassy in Libya were kidnapped on Sunday afternoon in Sabratha.

They were taken after a motorcade of cars, in which Serbian Ambassador Oliver Potezica was also traveling, came under attack.

The Serbian foreign ministry on Sunday set up a crisis response team after the two employees of the country's embassy in Tripoli, Sladjana Stankovic and Jovica Stepic, were abducted near the Libyan town of Sabrath.

The ministry said the Libyan authorities have located the abductors who it said are still in Sabrath, and arrested one of them, although the two Serbs remain missing.