Saudi Arabia closed its embassy in Tripoli on Monday and evacuated all its diplomats over "security" concerns in Libya, the SPA state news agency reported.

Saudi Arabia closed its embassy in Tripoli on Monday and evacuated all its diplomats over "security" concerns in Libya, the SPA state news agency reported.

The Saudi ambassador to Libya Mohammed Mahmud al-Ali told SPA the kingdom also closed its consulate in the North African country "due to the current circumstances and the security situation."

He said all diplomats in Libya were flown out of Libya in a decision made "in coordination with the Libyan side."

The mission will reopen and the diplomats will return "when the situation stabilizes in the Libyan capital," he added.

"We are in contact with the Libyan side on all developments."