CAIRO, Aug 5 (Aswat Masriya) - An Egyptian ship sailed on Tuesday to transfer nationals stranded on the borders between Libya and Tunisia back to Egypt, the stated-owned news agency MENA reported.

"The ship will carry 300 Egyptians stranded on the Libyan-Tunisian borders," the head of the Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport said, according to MENA.

Aida 4, owned by the ministry of transportation, kicked off  from Alexandria to Tunisia's port of Djerba after coordination with the Tunisian authorities to receive it and to facilitate the transfer of Egyptians. 

Around 2500 Egyptians have been evacuated from conflict-torn Libya to Tunisia in order to be flown back to Egypt, Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri said on Monday.

"We do not have clear statistics of the Egyptians who are still stranded in Libya," Shokri added, explaining that the number ranges from 5,000 to 10,000.

More than 200 people have been killed in Libya's most violent clashes since its President Muammer Gaddafi was toppled in 2011.

The latest violence led to the flight of thousands of Egyptians who work and live there.

Clashes have closed off most international flights, damaged Tripoli's main airport and sent foreign diplomats and workers fleeing abroad.

Tunisia has asked Egyptians wishing to enter it to prove that they will travel directly to Egypt, in order to ensure that it is only a transit country.

Egypt's Foreign Minister ended his visit to Tunisia on Tuesday. His visit aimed at setting the procedures for the crossing of Egyptians wishing to return from Libya through the Tunisian borders. 

Around 300 Egyptians, who were stranded on the borders, went back to Cairo with him. 

The armed forces has sent a shipment of medical and food aid to Tunisia to support the Egyptians stuck on the borders until they return to Egypt.