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The
Chinese navy fleet conducting escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and Somali
waters are pictured in this Dec 26, 2014 file photo.
[Photo/Chinanews.com]
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Four hundred and forty-nine Chinese nationals
left the Yemeni coastal city of Al-Hodayda on Monday aboard a Chinese navy
frigate.
Six people of other nationalities were also on
board Weifang, which is heading for Djibouti.
On Sunday, 122 other Chinese nationals were
evacuated from the Yemeni city of Aden and have already arrived in Djibouti.
The ongoing Yemen crisis has triggered concerns
from the international community as more countries evacuated their nationals
from the conflict-torn nation.
"Up to now, 122 Chinese citizens have been
evacuated safely from Yemen to Djibouti, and the Chinese embassy in Djibouti is
energetically assisting them for an early return to the motherland," Foreign
Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in a daily news conference in
Beijing.
The evacuation was made under the
emergency-response coordinating efforts of the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of
National Defense and the Chinese embassies and consulates in Yemen, Aden and
Djibouti, she said.
The Chinese embassy in Sanaa remains open and
will continue to assist a small number of Chinese nationals who choose to stay
in Yemen.
The Ministry of National Defense announced on
its website earlier Monday that a People's Liberation Army navy fleet, which had
been undertaking an escort mission in the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters left
for Yemen on Sunday for the evacuation mission in accordance with an overall
deployment.
Hua Chunying noted that since March 26, the
security situation in Yemen has ""deteriorated gravely" and the Chinese
government "places great priority on the safety of Chinese citizens and
organizations based in Yemen and an orderly evacuation was started
immediately".
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Chinese Navy soldiers observe from China's amphibious landing ship
Changbaishan during an escort mission in the Gulf of Aden, Aug 26, 2014. This is
the 18th convoy fleet sent by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy for
these missions since 2008. [Photo/Xinhua]
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The diplomatic staff there is "sparing no effort
in arranging the early and orderly evacuation of the rest of our citizens",
which is estimated to be around 400 people, Hua said.
China would also like to "extend sincere
appreciation to the remarkable assistance offered by relevant parties in Yemen
and Djibouti", the spokeswoman added.
On Sunday night, a Pakistani plane moved 503 of
its nationals out of Yemen, Xinhua news agency reported.
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A Chinese Navy soldier observes from a
helicopter during an escort mission in the Gulf of Aden, Aug 26, 2014. [Photo/
Xinhua]
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