Officials are securing flights to repatriate citizens and residents amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
MANILA – Asia-Pacific nations are rushing to evacuate thousands of their citizens and other residents amid the rapidly escalating tensions in the Middle East.
Mr Olalia said the government is exploring other evacuation options, such as exiting Lebanon via land and sea, due to the possibility of a shutdown of Beirut airport. In the meantime, Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised its citizens in Lebanon to leave the country immediately via commercial options.
Mr Rolliansyah Soemirat, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said on Oct 2 that several of the archipelago’s embassies in the Middle East are working together to ensure that Indonesians can be safely evacuated.‘Whoever attacks us, we attack them’: Israel PM Netanyahu vows response to Iran’s missile attack
South Korean President Yoon Sek-yeol said the government has already dispatched a military aircraft to evacuate its nationals from the Middle East.
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