2,853 people from 75 countries evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan

From Iran, a total of 2,853 people were evacuated to Azerbaijan between 8:00 on February 28 and 10:00 on March 20.

As many as 470 of the evacuees are Azerbaijani citizens, News.Az reports.

Other evacuees include:

• China: 720

• Russia: 323

• Bangladesh: 195

• Tajikistan: 184

• Pakistan: 148

• India: 122

• Oman: 72

• Indonesia: 68

• Iran: 49

• Italy: 44

• Algeria: 28

• Spain: 26

• Germany: 23

• Canada: 20

• France: 19

• Saudi Arabia: 18

• Japan: 17

• Georgia: 16

• Uzbekistan: 14

• Poland: 13

• Switzerland: 13

• Nigeria: 13

• Hungary: 12

• Bahrain: 12

• Kazakhstan: 11

• Mexico: 11

• United Kingdom, Belarus, Bulgaria, Democratic Republic of Congo: 10 each

• USA: 9

• Brazil, Sudan: 8 each

• Slovakia, Belgium, Romania, UAE: 6 each

• Serbia, Czech Republic, Sweden, Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, Greece: 5 each

• Jordan, Philippines, Turkey, Ukraine, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Finland, Netherlands: 4 each

• Qatar, Croatia, Denmark, Norway: 3 each

• Nepal, Lebanon, Yemen, Kyrgyzstan, Cyprus, Slovenia: 2 each

• Tunisia, South Africa, Maldives, Myanmar, Cuba, Vatican, Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia, Egypt, Belize, Dominican Republic: 1 each

This large-scale evacuation highlights Azerbaijan"s role in providing safe passage for citizens of multiple countries during this period.

News.Az 

By Faig Mahmudov