Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu released new figures on Monday for Romanians on vacation or pilgrimage in Israel, saying another 780 are due to return to the country. “From our first entries in total there were about 790 and it is already clear that we are talking about more than 1,600,” the Prime Minister said on Monday.

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While in Varna, the Prime Minister thanked the Bulgarian authorities, which last night brought 6 Romanians from Israel. According to him, Tarom will continue the struggle to attract Romanians to the country.

  • “The Tarom company continues. (not to import Romanians into the country). According to estimates, about 780 people have been announced so far. Thus, our first record was about 790 in total, and it is already clear that we are talking about more than 1,600,” said Marcel Cholaku.

Discussion of possible financial assistance for the payment of tickets

The Prime Minister hinted that he was considering possible financial assistance to pay for their tickets.

“I realized that a lot of companies where they already had a ticket are not refunding them, but offering other trips, which seems unfair to me. I will speak to the President of the Competition Council and the Minister of Transport. There is no mention of a large number of townspeople, there were also people on pilgrimage. I guess we will discuss each case depending on the income and cover those amounts,” said Cholaku.

He thanked Tarom for not abandoning the race, unlike other companies, and said there was no need for military aircraft to bring Romanians into the country.

Iohannis and Colacu spoke on Saturday about 800-900 Romanians who are on vacation or on pilgrimage to Israel

Some 800 to 900 Romanians are on vacation or on pilgrimage in Israel, and Romanian authorities are looking for a solution to bring them back to the country, President Klaus Iohannis and Prime Minister Marcel Colaku said on Saturday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania announced the activation of the Crisis Center.

BOR: Most of the Romanian pilgrims in Israel returned home safely

Romanian pilgrims in Israel have already returned home safely, a large part, the spokesman of the Romanian Patriarchate, Vasile Benescu, said on Monday, Agerpres reports.

“For the most part, the Romanian pilgrims have already returned home safely. The day before yesterday, almost 300, the same number as yesterday. Those who intend to return are accommodated in safe places and return on flights departing according to the approval of the military authorities. “Since the beginning of the conflict, the Romanian Patriarchate has been in constant communication with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of Romania in Israel, directly with His Eminence Mr. Ambassador Radu Ioanid,” Benescu said.

Vasile Benescu also revealed that the BOR representation in Jerusalem and the Romanian settlement in Jericho were and are places of refuge and support for groups of Romanian pilgrims currently in Israel.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on Monday morning that following measures taken by the MAE Crisis Cell, 245 Romanian citizens, including two groups of pilgrims, were repatriated on Sunday from the State of Israel by two flights of the TAROM airline company, respectively two flights of a private airline.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs that a mobile consular group of the Embassy of Romania in Tel Aviv and the Mission of Romania in Ramallah is operating at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv to provide consular assistance to Romanian citizens at the airport.

In addition, the Romanian ministry says that a team from the rapid response unit of the MAE crisis cell went to the State of Israel on Sunday to support the repatriation efforts of Romanian citizens who have already taken consular missions involved.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterates the recommendation addressed to citizens of Romania who intend to travel to the State of Israel, to postpone their trip and to follow the section “Travel Warnings” on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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