Myanmar to bring back 1,800 more citizens stranded abroad

Myanmar nationals queue before checking-in for a special flight to Yangon after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against Covid-19 at Anna International Airport in Chennai on May 24, 2020. - AFP

YANGON (Xinhua): Arrangements are underway by Myanmar authorities on repatriation of about 1,800 citizens stranded abroad by relief flights soon, an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Xinhua on Wednesday (July 15).

Due to the suspension of international commercial flights during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Myanmar government has been repatriating its citizens stranded in foreign countries, in cooperation with the authorities concerned.