Russian citizens are recommended to leave Iraq

Russian citizens are recommended to leave Iraq. This was announced on Tuesday by the secretary of the Russian Security Council Igor Ivanov.

"First of all, Russian citizens are now recommended not to go to Iraq in connection with a sharp exacerbation of the situation, but to those who are there to leave this country," Ivanov said.

"At the same time, along the line of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the necessary measures were prepared for the operational evacuation of Russian citizens," said the Secretary of the Russian Security Council.

Employees "Technoprom Export" will be evacuated from Iraq

Employees of the Russian enterprise "Technopromesport" will be evacuated from Iraq.

“The decision to evacuate from Iraq of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise in“ Technopromesport ”was adopted yesterday morning,” said the chairman of the association Sergey Molozhaly. - Now one of the plans for evacuation is driven. "

He explained that the decision on the evacuation was made on Monday even before the capture of eight specialists of Interenergoservis. According to the youth, the decision was made based on the general situation in Iraq.

Currently, 370 people work at the construction of the thermal power plant "Yusifia", located 60 kilometers from Baghdad.

The youthful of security reasons did not report which of the prepared evacuation plans to be realized - grounding through Jordan and Iran, or a straight line with a plane from Baghdad.

"Personnel safety issues are the priority task of the management of" Technoprom export ". Even before the start of the specialists' business, the technology sector employees conducted the study of the geopolitical situation in the country.

Based on these data, a detailed plan was drawn up, which provides for the actions of Russian personnel in the event of a sharp exacerbation of the situation around the object. As an extreme measure, evacuation was provided, ”said the youth.

Russia is ready to help evacuate citizens of other countries from Iraq

If it is necessary to evacuate from Iraq, Russia will help citizens of Ukraine and other countries working in Iraq. This was stated by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavov at a press conference in Kyiv.

"In the event that such a need arises, the measures provided for by the Russian side take into account the need to evacuate citizens of Ukraine and other states working under contracts in Russian companies," Lavrov said.

"The decision on the possible evacuation should be made by the companies and the experts themselves. But if they feel the need to help the state to ensure security, such assistance will be provided," the Russian Foreign Minister emphasized.