Armenian MFA: In the coming days, new flights are planned to return  our citizens from abroad, including from Moscow

ArmInfo. Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Avet Adonts urged RA citizens abroad to obey the rules established in the host countries in the context of the  coronavirus pandemic. Adonts said this on April 21 during a press  conference, regarding information that Armenian citizens were evicted  from Moscow's Domodedovo airport.

The Deputy Minister stressed that the Armenian Foreign Ministry is  well aware of the situation in Domodedovo. He informed that the  Armenian Embassy in Russia organized the environment, the so-called  temporary refuge, where our compatriots can wait for the flight.  "There is no need to stay at the airport. As soon as the flight is  organized, they will be informed about it. In the near future it is  planned to organize new flights, including from Moscow," Adonts  emphasized.  He also recalled that over the past two weeks 5 charter  flights have been organized from Russia (3 from Moscow, one from  Krasnodar and another from Rostov-on-Don), due to which several  hundred citizens returned home.  

Referring to the financing of these flights, he noted that the  sources are different including the state budget, the assistance of  compatriots and philanthropists abroad, and the AAC. According to  him, in each case there were different approaches.  Answering the  question whether it is planned in the foreseeable future to resume  flights with countries that are gradually overcoming the crisis,  Adonts emphasized that there are no such plans for now, and Armenia  continues to work in a state of emergency, sometimes various  information is received about the intention to resume flights, but  everything  still remains on the level of  gossip.

Touching upon the issue of the expiration of visas, Adonts stated  that each country has its own rules and regulations, but as a rule,  the deadlines are automatically extended. At the same time, he  advised that if you have any questions, contact the local diplomatic  missions of Armenia.  It should be noted that over 200 Armenian  citizens spent several days at the Moscow airport, rejecting the  offer of the Armenian Embassy in the Russian Federation to move to a  hotel. The leadership of the Domodedovo airport turned to the  Armenian diplomatic mission with a request to remove their citizens  from the territory of the air harbor. The airport management also  complained about the repeated violation by the citizens of the  Republic of Armenia of quarantine measures operating on the territory  of the capital's airport.