JAKARTA - The Indonesian government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to gradually repatriate Indonesian citizens (WNI) who were evacuated from Iran to Azarbaijan starting tomorrow.
The worsening situation of the Iran-Israeli war made the government decide to initiate contingency and evacuation of Indonesian citizens in Iran and Israel. Evacuation from Iran through Azerbaijan, while evacuation from Israel through Jordan.
The coordination between the Indonesian Embassy in Tehran, the Indonesian Embassy in Baku and the government managed to cross 97 people, consisting of 96 Indonesian citizens and 1 Iranian citizen who is a couple of Indonesian citizens.
The evacuation process by road for approximately 16 hours. Those who were successfully evacuated were already in Baku, Azerbaijan and will be repatriated gradually.
"Tomorrow we will start flying gradually," said Director of Protection for Indonesian Foreign Workers, Judha Nugraha, in a short message to VOI, as quoted on Sunday, June 22.
According to Judha, the first phase of repatriation with commercial aircraft will be carried out on June 23 and arrive in the country on June 24.
Meanwhile, the Head of the Leadership Strategic Support Bureau who is also a spokesman for the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rolliansyah "Roy" Soemirat agreed that the evacuation plan was gradual.
Roy, who is also the Indonesian Elected Ambassador to Iran, is in Astara City, the Iran-Azerbaijan border to coordinate the evacuation process. He flew from Russia, having previously followed the agenda of the Indonesian Foreign Minister on an agenda in Singapore and Russia last week.
"93 Indonesian citizens, 3 Indonesian Embassy staff accompanying the evacuation process, 1 foreigner wife from Indonesian citizens," Roy explained to VOI.
Of that number, " 53 men, 44 women," including "5 children", explained Roy.
It is known, data from the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that there were 386 Indonesian citizens in Iran, when the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to raise the standby status of the Indonesian Embassy in Tehran, from Alert 2 to Alert 1 last Thursday, following the increase in the escalation of Iran-Israel.
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Judha explained that the government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs again appealed to Indonesian citizens to follow the evacuation advice from the Indonesian Embassy in Tehran.
"The evacuation is voluntary, the Indonesian Embassy cannot force it," said Judha.
"We strongly suggest joining the evacuation now. Don't wait until the situation becomes more dangerous, because at that time the Indonesian Embassy's ability was very limited," concluded Judha.
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