Mongolia to evacuate its citizens from South Korea and Japan
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Under the directive of Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh, the Cabinet at its meeting today decided to evacuate 1,000 Mongolians staying in South Korea on a short-term visa or who have urgent needs by four charter flights. It was also decided to repatriate Mongolians who are in the same situations in Japan by an aircraft of MIAT Mongolian airlines, at their own expenses. The Government of Mongolia will cover the costs for testing those citizens for COVID-19 in the countries they are staying and after returning to their home country, the evacuees will spend 14 days in quarantine at their own expenses. The Government is now working to evacuate Mongolian citizens with urgent needs from European countries through Moscow and Istanbul by charter flights.