AMMAN —
The
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates is “using all available methods
to contact the relevant parties and international organizations to provide safe
passage for 145 Jordanians to leave Sumy," said ministry Spokesman Haitham
Abu Alfoul.
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In a press
statement on Saturday, the ministry said it is continuing to cooperate with
Jordanian embassies in Ankara and Moscow, and conduct "intensive"
diplomatic contacts with all concerned parties and international organizations
to push for providing safe corridors for Jordanians in the cities of Sumy and
Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine.
Abu Alfoul said
that the concerned authorities were provided with an updated list that includes
the Jordanians' names, in preparation for any agreement that could be struck in
this regard.
News reports
said that a ceasefire agreement had been reached in the Ukrainian cities of
Mariupol and Volnovakha, and safe passages will be provided for civilians
residing there and wishing to leave, but
according to
Jordan News Agency, Petra, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said
records of its crisis cell show that no Jordanians are registered in these two
cities.
Sky News Arabic
said the Russian Defense Ministry released a statement saying that
Ukrainian forces hold more than 5,000 foreigners hostage to use them as human shields.
According to the
statement, "among the hostages east of Ukraine, there are about 1,500
Indian students, 40 Egyptians, 200 Jordanians, and 15 Vietnamese".
The Russian
Defence Ministry also emphasized “Kyiv’s authorities’ rejection to open human corridors
in both Kharkiv and Sumy,” indicating “that it is banning civilians from
exiting the two cities.”
“In Sumy, around 20 Pakistani
students attempted to flee the city, yet they were hit and returned inside,” it
said.
Abu
Alfoul did not comment on the news that students, including Jordanians, are
used as human shields.
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