JAKARTA. Following the fourth round of evacuations of Indonesian nationals from Yemen this month, the Foreign Ministry insists that it has no plans to close down the Indonesian embassy in Sanaa or relocate its Yemeni operations to another country. “As of now, evacuations will still be carried out if necessary. We are monitoring the situation on the ground but have made no plans to relocate or close down our embassy in Sanaa,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Michael Tene said at the Foreign Ministry office in Central Jakarta on Wednesday. Tene explained that an embassy would be closed only if it was too dangerous for it to continue to operate. During the Libyan civil war, former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ordered the closure and evacuation of the Indonesian embassy in Tripoli as NATO air strikes bombarded the city in March 2011.
Indonesia will not close Yemen embassy
JAKARTA. Following the fourth round of evacuations of Indonesian nationals from Yemen this month, the Foreign Ministry insists that it has no plans to close down the Indonesian embassy in Sanaa or relocate its Yemeni operations to another country. “As of now, evacuations will still be carried out if necessary. We are monitoring the situation on the ground but have made no plans to relocate or close down our embassy in Sanaa,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Michael Tene said at the Foreign Ministry office in Central Jakarta on Wednesday. Tene explained that an embassy would be closed only if it was too dangerous for it to continue to operate. During the Libyan civil war, former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ordered the closure and evacuation of the Indonesian embassy in Tripoli as NATO air strikes bombarded the city in March 2011.