As of May 5, diplomatic missions of Georgia assist 18,857 citizens abroad, send 9,630 citizens to homeland

Georgian diplomatic missions abroad, under the guidance of the Coordination Council of Georgia and in coordination with the Central Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, continue to assist Georgian citizens abroad under the established criteria.

As the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed InterPressNews, as of May 5, the diplomatic missions of Georgia provided assistance to 18,857 citizens, while 9,630 citizens were sent to the homeland by flights organized by the Coordinating Council or other travel means.

“As it is known, in order to effectively organize the gradual return of citizens to the homeland, citizens must fill in a special electronic application, which is published on the website of the Ministry and on the websites of Georgian diplomatic missions. The relevant decision are made after the information provided in the applications is processed,” reads the statement.

The following flights are scheduled in the near future: May 5 - Athens-Tbilisi; May 7 - Amsterdam-Tbilisi; May 9 - Berlin-Tbilisi.

In addition, Georgian citizens will return from Jordan and Saudi Arabia on May 6.