Putrajaya in negotiations with Italy again to bring home 82 Malaysians, after flight cancellations
Saturday, 21 Mar 2020 02:42 PM MYTA general view shows a deserted area by the Colosseum monument in Rome, March 20, 2020 during the country’s lockdown aimed at stopping the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. — AFP pic
Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Datuk Kamarudin Jafar said the group of Malaysians registered with the Malaysian embassy in Rome, were supposed to arrive in Kuala Lumpur at 6.10am on Monday . Kamarudin said the negotiations are ongoing, with the main objective of getting special authorisation to carry out the repatriations as quickly as possible, with any information on the situation to be updated by the ministry from time to time.
“The special AirAsia flight carrying them is expected to land at 6.10am tomorrow, having left Iran at 11.45am today. It will also include 15 flight crew and eight government personnel, including five Health Ministry officials, two Foreign Affairs Ministry official, and one National Disaster Management Agency official.
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