This week Slovakia will conclude the process of repatriating Slovak citizens who were stranded in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region. According to the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, only a few dozen Slovaks who have expressed interest in evacuation remain in the area.
According to the ministry, hundreds of other Slovak citizens have decided to remain in the region and continue to be registered in the ministry's registration system. Some are also making use of renewed commercial flights operated by their travel agencies or airlines, which have gradually resumed operations in almost all countries in recent days.
As the main coordinator of the repatriation process, Slovak diplomacy has so far carried out 16 evacuation flights together with the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of the Interior. These flights transported 634 Slovak citizens to safety, as well as more than 150 citizens from another 31 countries.
For the time being, the final flight is scheduled to arrive in Bratislava on Wednesday (11 March), bringing the last people interested in repatriation from Dubai.
Source: TASR
