Five citizens of Armenia have found themselves in a difficult situation in China. Liana Stepanyan, one of the citizens, told Armenian News-NEWS.am that this morning, she and the other citizens were supposed to depart from the Chinese city of Xian to the Russian city of Yekaterinburg via the U6 764 flight of Ural Airlines, but at the airport they were told that only citizens of the Russian Federation can depart via that flight.
“We were told there is no specific reason. There is no official document. There were also citizens of Belarus and Kazakhstan who weren’t allowed to board the flight. The representative of Ural Airlines told us we couldn’t do anything because this is the decision of the Russian Federation. We went to the local embassy and asked for help, but the embassy didn’t provide any help,” she said.
As reported earlier, Russia is closing almost all air communication routes with China due to the coronavirus. This refers to all flights, besides Aeroflot’s regular routes to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, as well as the Chinese airline company’s regular flights to Sheremetevo Airport.
It is stated that the new air communication regime with China was introduce on the night of February 1.
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Anna Naghdalyan said the ministry is verifying the details.