Since the first day of the military escalation, our embassies and Consulates General in the region have continued their activities in an enhanced regime, and measures are being taken to provide appropriate support to our citizens.
“Elchi” reports that this was stated in the response of Aykhan Hajizada, Head of the Press Service Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, to a question from the local press regarding the evacuation of our citizens in the Middle East region.
According to him, so far, no casualties have been reported among our citizens, with the exception of one person.
“Regarding the evacuation of our citizens, today, 193 Azerbaijani citizens, 9 Azerbaijanis who are citizens of Georgia, and 5 Azerbaijanis who are citizens of Russia have been evacuated to our country from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, by a special flight belonging to Azerbaijan Airlines.
In addition, the return of our citizens located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to our country by regular flights is carried out by the relevant airlines of the UAE. Yesterday, a total of 257 Azerbaijani citizens returned to our country. Today, 1 regular flight is planned from Dubai, and 2 regular flights are planned for March 5.”
The MFA official noted that work is currently underway to evacuate 200 of our citizens in Qatar by a special flight organized by our country: “It should be noted that since Qatari airspace is closed, the evacuation of our citizens is planned from the territory of Saudi Arabia.
In addition, in accordance with the travel warning shared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Azerbaijani citizens in Iran use the land borders of Azerbaijan and Turkey for exit from Iran, depending on their location. So far, 260 of our citizens have crossed the Azerbaijani border.
Our citizens currently in the region are requested to carefully monitor the security situation, comply with the instructions and recommendations of local authorities, stay away from crowded places, and strengthen personal security measures.”