Nigar Orujova. Azerbaijan's foreign Ministry expressed gratitude to Russia for assistance in transportation to a safe place Azerbaijani Residents from Yemen, said on the first day of the weekend the head of the press service of the foreign Ministry Hikmet Hajiyev.
according to him, Azerbaijan highly appreciates the role of the workers of the Russian diplomatic mission in Yemen and personnel of the Ministry of emergency situations of the Russian Federation.
"A group of Residents of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the plane of the Russian Federation was evacuated from Yemen, and we thank the Russian Federation for their support," Hajiyev said.
He said that the residence of the Ambassador of Azerbaijan in Saudi Arabia continues to keep in touch with the Russian side on the problems of transportation in a safe place next group of Azerbaijani Residents from Yemen.
As said the head of the press service of the Ministry, in General, in Yemen there were about 20 of Azerbaijani People. Hajiyev said that the residence of the Ambassador in Saudi Arabia continues to keep in touch with everything that exists in Yemen residents of Azerbaijan.
"in connection with the incident in Yemen events since February 2015, on the Internet website of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Saudi Arabia operates a hot line," He added.
on the night of 3 April 2 Russian special trips to the capital of Russia evacuated from Yemen 311 people, including Residents of the Russian Federation - 152, Uzbekistan - 47, Belarus - 16, Ukraine - 8, Azerbaijan - 6, Kyrgyzstan - 4, Moldova - 4. Also were removed from Sana'a citizens of several other countries, who expressed the wish to leave Yemen.
last week the International coalition, with the participation of Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf countries, as well as Egypt, Jordan and Sudan began in Yemen military action against supporters of the movement "Ansar Allah" (the Houthis), which controls most of the territory of the country, among them the capital Sana'a.
The goal is to make the Houthis, joined by supporters of ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh to return power to the President Abd rabbu Hadi and the government, which they suspended from running the country. Hadi is now outside Yemen.
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