Uzbekistan sends 150 Afghan refugees back home
Uzbekistan sends 150 Afghan refugees back home
Uzbek Foreign Ministry said that 1,982 citizens of foreign counties have been evacuated through the territory of the country over the past few days.
It added that it was working in close cooperation with such states as Germany, Russia, the United States, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Kazakhstan to provie services for the use of airport infrastructure, permits for overflight through airspace, take-off and landing.
During a short-term stay on the territory of Uzbekistan, evacuated citizens are provided with all necessary assistance in compliance with strict quarantine measures, after which they are all sent to the destination countries without delay.
“A lot of work was also done with representatives of the Taliban to obtain security guarantees for Afghan citizens who illegally crossed the Uzbek-Afghan border during these dramatic days”, the ministry noted.
As a result of the agreements reached with representatives of the Taliban leadership to prevent violence and persecution, 150 Afghan citizens were returned to their homeland by their own will.
“According to the information received from the citizens who returned to Afghanistan themselves, after carrying out the necessary formal procedural measures against them, all of them were released home, and now they are completely safe with their families”, the ministry added.
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