Kuta, Bali (Antara Bali) -- A total of 42 Indonesian citizens from restive Yemen arrived at Ngurah Rai airport in Bali for transit before continuing their journey to their own regions.
Antara learned here on Monday that the citizens left Yemen through Doha by Qatar Airlines with flight number QR-962 and arrived in Bali at about 5.09 p.m. local time.
The Indonesian citizens who consist of men, women and children, then left the Ngurah Rai airport at 8.00 p.m. local time after dealing with Immigration and conducted their daily prayer.
According to the Evacuation Coordinator of the Foreign Affairs Ministry Gatot Abdullah Mansour, majority of the citizens who arrived from the conflict-torn country are students and their families who come from three areas in the country.
In the meantime, Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno L. P. Marsudi said in Jakarta that as many as 89 Indonesians are still in Aden, Yemen, and cannot be evacuated yet due to unfavorable conditions.
"We are concerned about our citizens in Aden because they cannot be taken out of the city to a nearby seaport yet," she stated at a press briefing here on Monday.
The minister added that the Indonesian Evacuation Task Force had provided a ship to evacuate the citizens near the seaport, but a change in circumstances resulted in them failing to reach the location.
As part of efforts to evacuate the citizens in Yemen, Marsudi has discussed the situation with some parties, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Saudi Arabian Minister of Defense. (WDY)
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Antara learned here on Monday that the citizens left Yemen through Doha by Qatar Airlines with flight number QR-962 and arrived in Bali at about 5.09 p.m. local time.
The Indonesian citizens who consist of men, women and children, then left the Ngurah Rai airport at 8.00 p.m. local time after dealing with Immigration and conducted their daily prayer.
According to the Evacuation Coordinator of the Foreign Affairs Ministry Gatot Abdullah Mansour, majority of the citizens who arrived from the conflict-torn country are students and their families who come from three areas in the country.
In the meantime, Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno L. P. Marsudi said in Jakarta that as many as 89 Indonesians are still in Aden, Yemen, and cannot be evacuated yet due to unfavorable conditions.
"We are concerned about our citizens in Aden because they cannot be taken out of the city to a nearby seaport yet," she stated at a press briefing here on Monday.
The minister added that the Indonesian Evacuation Task Force had provided a ship to evacuate the citizens near the seaport, but a change in circumstances resulted in them failing to reach the location.
As part of efforts to evacuate the citizens in Yemen, Marsudi has discussed the situation with some parties, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Saudi Arabian Minister of Defense. (WDY)
Editor : I Gusti Bagus Widyantara
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