The countries of the Western Balkan region continue to evacuate their citizens from Iran and Israel due to intense conflicts and the complication of the situation on the ground, and Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman said that the situation is unpredictable.
“The evacuation of Croatian citizens from Iran is underway. The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and I are in constant, round-the-clock contact with our embassy in Tehran and embassies in the Middle East,” stated the head of Croatian diplomacy and added:
“The situation is unpredictable, and the safety of our citizens, as well as embassy staff, is our absolute priority. We have evacuated the consul from Israel, and our embassy in Tel Aviv is now operating with the necessary staff, while the number of diplomats in Iran has been reduced to the necessary minimum.”
He stated that “we continue to closely monitor the development of the situation on the ground.”
The Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have organized the safe return of Serbian citizens evacuated from Israel, who arrived in Belgrade on a special Air Serbia flight from Sharm el-Sheikh. 38 people, mostly Serbian citizens, as well as several foreigners, arrived in Belgrade on Thursday evening, the ministry said in a statement.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia announced earlier that it had withdrawn all diplomatic staff from the Islamic Republic of Iran, including family members of employees at the embassy in Tehran.
The statement said that all consular services for citizens in Iran have been suspended until further notice.
Hostilities broke out on June 13 when Israel launched airstrikes on several locations across Iran, including military and nuclear facilities, prompting Tehran to launch retaliatory strikes.
Israeli authorities said that since then, at least 25 people have been killed and hundreds injured in Iranian missile attacks.
In Iran, 430 people were killed and more than 3,500 wounded in Israeli attacks, according to the Iranian Ministry of Health, AA writes.
