BERLIN, JULY 21, SPA -- GERMANY’S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAID FRIDAY IT REMAINEDCONCERNED OVER THE SITUATION OF GERMAN NATIONALS TRAPPED IN SOUTHERNLEBANON BUT THAT IT HAD NO CONCRETE FIGURES ON THE NUMBER OF ITSCITIZENS STILL IN WAR-TORN THE COUNTRY, REPORTED DPA. A CONVOY OF 130 GERMAN CITIZENS ORGANISED BY THE GERMAN EMBASSY INBEIRUT WAS TRAVELLING FROM SIDON TO THE LEBANESE CAPITAL FROM WHICHTHEY WILL BE TAKEN BY SHIP TO CYPRUS, SAID A STATEMENT. SO FAR MORE THAN 400 GERMANS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED OUT OF SIDON,SAID THE FOREIGN MINISTRY. A TOTAL OF 4,200 GERMANS HAVE FLED LEBANON TO ESCAPE ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES AND FIGHTING BETWEEN ISRAELI FORCES AND HEZBOLLAH MILITANTS,THE STATEMENT SAID. ABOUT HALF OF THESE HAVE BEEN FLOWN HOME FROM DAMASCUS IN PLANESCHARTED BY THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT. A FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN SAID BERLIN HAD NO RELIABLEESTIMATE ON HOW MANY GERMANS WERE STILL REMAINED IN LEBANON.--SPA 21/07/2006 15:05 ت م www.spa.gov.sa/377099