Slovakia continues to evacuate its citizens from the crisis region of the Middle East, with further repatriation flights from Jordan and Oman scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Juraj Blanár, stated that the priority remains the most vulnerable groups, especially mothers with children and people with health problems.
The Slovak Minister of Foreign Affairs Juraj Blanár (Smer-SD) announced on Tuesday evening that another state repatriation flight from Amman, Jordan will take place on Wednesday, and flights from Muscat, Oman, and again from Jordan are planned for Thursday. TASR informs about it.
- Juraj Blanár announced new repatriation flights from Amman and Muscat.
- Repatriations primarily focus on mothers with children and the sick.
- So far, 122 Slovaks, four Czechs and a Kazakh woman have been transported to Slovakia.
On Tuesday, 122 Slovaks were transported to Slovakia
“During evacuations, we want to continue to focus primarily on the most vulnerable – mothers with children, minors and citizens with health problems. We are intensively coordinating the situation with partners and evaluating individual cases according to the degree of threat,” said Blanár on the Facebook social network.
He added that on Tuesday, 122 citizens of the Slovak Republic, four Czechs and one citizen of Kazakhstan were transported to Slovakia from the Middle East. A Spartan military plane and a government Airbus transported people from Jordan. Other repatriation flights are also planned during the week.
Fighting in the Middle East
The United States and Israel launched coordinated air and missile strikes on Iranian military and strategic targets on Saturday (February 28). They also included the residences of the country’s leadership in Tehran. Explosions were also reported in other cities, including Kom, Isfahan and Kermanshah.
Iran responded with massive retaliatory missile and drone attacks on targets in Israel and on US military facilities in several Middle Eastern countries.
In this context, air traffic in the region was significantly restricted or stopped.
