Conflict Exacerbates, RI Citizens Evacuation in Yemen Intensified

Liputan6.com, Jakarta After successfully evacuated as many as 262 Indonesian citizens in Yemen and carried them all the way through to Saudi Arabia, the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Relations places it focus on intensifying the mission to rescue the rest of the Indonesian people who are still stuck within the currently problematic country.

"As long as there are still Indonesian people out there who need our assistance, the Indonesian government makes sure that those individuals will be evacuated soon," Indonesian Minister go Foreign Relations, Retno LP Marsudi stated through a written statement, Jakarta, Thursday (2/4/2015).

The Indonesian government continues to exert all its power to evacuate its citizens currently in Yemen. 

The situation in Yemen has deteriorated shortly after Saudi Arabia executed military operation in the region.

The Indonesian Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Tedjo Edhy Purdjiatno said that the evacuation process will be hastened by allowing for the rescuers to reach the citizens not only using land transportation but also other mode of transportation. 

This means aircraft and other types of transportation will immediately be assigned to evacuate the Indonesian citizens there in order to hasten the procedure before any of the citizens becomes the victim of the exacerbated conflict. 

Apart from that, the government will also take into account any other feasible routes to reach them.

"The land evacuation will be in the city that is situated in the borderline of Saudi Arabia. Should we find any other option or terrain to evacuate them, we will have it considered," Minister Tedjo said at the House of Representatives building on Wednesday 1^st of April 2015.

According to Minister Retno, the continually changing decision regarding the routes chosen for the evacuation process is caused by the uncertainty of the conflict in the region. That is why, Minister Retno saw it as fit to be fully- prepared in terms of the evacuation mode of transportation. (Akp/Ein)