7,000 Russians evacuated from Middle East, 292 from Iran
A representative of the Russian Union of Travel Industry (RUTI) said around 7,000 Russian nationals have been evacuated from across the Middle East amid escalating tensions in the region.
Co-chair of the RUTI Outbound Tourism Committee, Dmitry Arutyunov, said at a news conference on Wednesday that approximately 50,000 Russian tourists are currently staying in the Middle East.
“About 7,000 passengers have been evacuated,’’ he said, noting that not all of them were package tour travellers.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, confirmed the estimated figure of roughly 50,000 Russian travellers stranded in the Middle East.
She added that between 6,000 and 8,000 Russian nationals are currently unable to leave countries in Asia and Africa due to suspended transit air connections.
Ms Zakharova also said that as of March 3, a total of 292 Russian nationals had been evacuated from Iran amid heightened tensions in the region.
She stated that of these, 253 left via Azerbaijan, 31 via Armenia, and eight crossed the Iranian-Turkmen border.
On February 28, joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes hit Iran’s capital, Tehran, and other cities. Iran has responded with waves of missile and drone attacks targeting Israeli and U.S. military bases across the Middle East.
(Xinhua/NAN)
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