.
Irish government to evacuate 36 citizens from Afghanistan
- font size decrease font size
increase font size
DUBLIN, 20 August 2021, (TON): The country's foreign affairs minister has said that the Irish government is working to evacuate 36 of its citizens from Afghanistan.
That includes a "small number" waiting at Kabul airport.
Simon Coveney said “three Irish citizens had already been evacuated.”
He said sending Irish military personal would "complicate rather than simplify things" and there were agreements with other countries to make space for Irish citizens.
He said "we are working with EU partners, the UK and US to make sure there are places on flights leaving Kabul for them."
"Certainly the easiest way, in our view, to get Irish citizens out is to work in partnership with other countries who are trying to do the same for their own citizens.”
"We already have agreement with some of them that they would ensure there is space for Irish citizens as well."
Leave a comment
Make sure you enter all the required information, indicated by an asterisk (*). HTML code is not allowed.
