PUTRAJAYA: Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar (pix) has told Malaysians stranded in Chad and Nigeria to immediately contact the Malaysian High Commission in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.
Kamaruddin, who can also be the Foreign Ministry Covid-19 Task Force chairman, stated that based mostly on info acquired from the Malaysian High Commission in Abuja, the N’djamena Chad Airport is anticipated to stay closed till additional discover.
“Malaysians stranded in Chad can contact the Malaysian High Commission in Abuja directly at +2347031365197,” he stated in an announcement at this time.
Regarding Malaysians stranded in Algeria, which went viral on the social media yesterday, Kamarudin stated Wisma Putra had taken observe of the matter.
“For now, the Algerian government has suspended all commercial flight operations in the country. The Malaysian Ambassador in Algeria is in the process of arranging a special flight to bring home all Malaysians stranded there,” he stated.
He added that Wisma Putra, by means of its representatives abroad, would proceed to make sure the well-being of Malaysians stranded in overseas international locations.
Malaysian representatives abroad may also take acceptable motion to guarantee they returned residence safely. Wisma Putra additionally welcomed the assistance of all events to deliver residence affected Malaysians overseas due to the Covid-19 pandemic, he stated.
As for Malaysians in India, he stated a complete of 359 of these stranded in Tiruchirappalli (Trichy) safely returned residence on board two specifically chartered Malindo Air plane, which touched down on the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2) at 5.50am and 4.46pm at this time.
The subsequent flights from India are scheduled to arrive in Malaysia from April 3 to April 6 and these will deliver again a complete of 1,790 Malaysians nonetheless stranded in India, together with in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Trichy, he stated.
He added there have been 266 Malaysians nonetheless stranded in Australia, not together with the 59 in Melbourne who’re anticipated to arrive in KLIA at 8.30pm at this time. — Bernama
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