JAKARTA, IFN --- Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno LP Marsudi called on all parties in Yemen to impose humanitarian pause to provide an opportunity for civilians evacuated from Yemen, according to the Foreign Ministry press release received here on Sunday.
Humanitarian pause that will be used by the Government of Indonesia as an opportunity to evacuate as soon as possible to the citizens of Indonesia (citizen) who are still in Yemen.
According to the Foreign Ministry, the security situation in Yemen, particularly in the western part of Yemen in Aden and Sana'a around the city has become increasingly serious. Armed clashes between warring parties increasingly widespread.
This situation complicates the efforts undertaken and require evacuation Evacuation Team citizen to continually adjust the scenario, step and evacuation process. However, the evacuation team stick to the principle of evacuating quickly, safely and efficiently.
Security-related conditions are not conducive in Yemen, the Government of Indonesia back deplores civilian casualties in clashes in Yemen.
Therefore, the Government of Indonesia continues to call on all warring parties in order to more restraint and attention to the safety of civilians, both Yemenis and foreigners.
So far a total of 110 citizen has returned successfully evacuated from Yemen and have arrived at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Tangerang on Sunday afternoon (5/4).
A total of 110 Indonesians are the first group to arrive in the country of 262 citizens who managed to get out of Yemen to Jizan, Saudi Arabia a few days ago.
Citizen rest will be picked by an Air Force plane in Jizan to be flown into the area of Oman and then go home with commercial aircraft.
Since the evacuation process began in December 2014 and continued diintensifikan evacuation since March 25, 2015, a total of 792 Indonesians evacuated from Yemen, and until Sunday as many as 590 have been returned to the country.
The remaining 202 Indonesians are now evacuated to a safer area, namely in Jizan, Saudi Arabia and Djibouti.
Until now there are a number of citizens who are in various shelters and waiting for evacuation, ie 89 people in Aden, 14 people in Sana'a, 40 people in Al Mukalla, and 58 people in Tareem.
The Indonesian government has sent a unified team to Yemen and Salalah, Oman to conduct intensive evacuation of citizens, including by deploying an Air Force aircraft and one Boeing 737-400 leased ships from Djibouti.
Evacuation team sent the Government of Indonesia consists of 43 personnel, including 14 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 21 Air Force, Police seven, and three people from the State Intelligence Agency (BIN).
The team is constantly looking for ways to be able to evacuate all citizens in Yemen quickly, safely and efficiently.
Operation evacuation of citizens in Yemen was also involved five Indonesian Representative ie Embassy in Sanaa, Embassy in Riyadh, Embassy in Muscat, Embassy in Addis Ababa and the Consulate General in Jeddah.
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