Tuesday, February 4 2020 12:41

ArmInfo.Over the past 10 days, about 200 RA citizens returned to Armenia from China. Mnatsakan Safaryan, Head of the Department of North-East Asian Countries of the  Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, reported this  to the Armenian service of Radio Liberty.

Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, in connection  with the outbreak of a new type of coronavirus in China, issued a  statement and called on RA citizens in the PRC to maintain constant  contact with the ministry and embassy. According to Safaryan, as of  February 3, about 600 Armenian citizens, whose data were registered  by the embassy of the republic, responded to this information. <The  embassy also provides citizens of Armenia officially notified by the  authorities of the PRC regarding foreigners residing in China. At  this stage, evacuation of persons outside the quarantine region is  not carried out>, he said.

According to him, the RA Embassy in the PRC and the RA MFA are  currently generalizing a range of issues regarding RA citizens who  wish to move to Armenia, but at the same time they are faced with  difficulties arising in recent days related to transport and other  problems. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the last  10 days, about 200 RA citizens returned to Armenia from the territory  of China.  "At the moment, the RA embassy in the PRC has not received  information about infected people among Armenian citizens," he  emphasized.

Note that according to the latest data from the National Health  Commission of China, as of February 4, 20,438 cases of infection with  a new coronavirus infection were registered in the country. The  number of deaths in China from this virus has reached 425. The  Commission said that 2,788 cases of infection are serious.

Recall that in connection with the coronavirus, Armenia suspended the  visa-free regime for Chinese citizens until March 31 of this year.