Warsaw Thanks Russia for Evacuating Polish Nationals From Yemen

On Friday night, Russia evacuated 311 people, including 152 Russians, as well as citizens of Poland, Ukraine and Belarus, on two passenger jets from Yemeni capital Sanaa to Moscow.

WARSAW (Sputnik) — Poland thanked Russia for assistance in the evacuation of the country’s nationals from crisis-hit Yemen, a spokesman for the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Friday.

“The Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses its gratitude to the Russian Federation for evacuation of 20 people, carried out by air from Sanaa to Moscow,” Marcin Wojciechowski said.

The evacuation will continue on Saturday, as over 70 additional Russian citizens have asked to leave Yemen, according to Russia’s Foreign Ministry.