AKIPRESS.COM - By the instructions of Prime Minister of Mongolia U.Khurelsukh, the government 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, Montsame reports.

Mongolians who are in the same situations in Japan will be repatriated 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 planning to evacuate Mongolian citizens with urgent needs from European countries through Moscow and Istanbul by charter flights.