12 charter flights to bring 3120 Mongolians home in September
Society
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. During today’s press briefing of the Operative Staff of the State Emergency Commission, Director General of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs L.Munkhtushig reported that 12 charter flights will be arranged in September to bring 3120 Mongolian nationals home as scheduled below:
№ |
Date |
Destination |
Number
of citizens |
1 |
Sep. 2 |
Seoul |
260 |
2 |
Sep. 8 |
Hong Kong /transit/ |
260 |
3 |
Sep. 9 |
Tokyo |
260 |
4 |
Sep. 14 |
Frankfurt |
260 |
5 |
Sep. 15 |
Seoul |
260 |
6 |
Sep. 17 |
Hong Kong /transit/ |
260 |
7 |
Sep. 18 |
Istanbul |
260 |
8 |
Sep. 21 |
Tokyo |
260 |
9 |
Sep. 23 |
Frankfurt |
260 |
10 |
Sep. 24 |
Seoul |
260 |
11 |
Sep. 25 |
Sidney |
260 |
12 |
Sep. 28 |
Seattle |
260 |
Since the ban on all international travel of passengers in and out, Mongolia has arranged 62 charter flights and brought its 12,976 citizens from overseas countries. As of today, 12,409 Mongolian nationals stranded abroad have submitted their request to return home immediately from 48 countries.
Moreover, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working with the foreign embassies to help people with serious medical concerns travel abroad for treatment.