Yemen Crisis: Foreign Ministry Sets Up Operations Room

KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 - The Foreign Ministry Saturday launched the "Ops Balkis" operations room to enable the public in Malaysia to obtain updates on their family members in troubled Yemen.

The ministry said the operations room can be contacted at 009671425834/425837 or through the Malaysian Embassy at 009671429781/429782.

It can also be reached through Ambassador Abdul Samad Othman (00967734000121) or Shaharuddin Onn (736874547), Ahmad Faisal Ahmad Ramzi (734006464), Hamdan Abdullah (733256737) and Mohd Noor Puasa (733562075).

The evacuations of Malaysians from the strife-torn country would continue, it said in a statement.

Two days ago, the first batch of 10 Malaysians, including two pregnant women, arrived home on a Qatar Airways flight.

On Sunday, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman said the government wanted to bring back 443 Malaysians in Sanaa and Eden following the mounting conflict in the country.

Source: BERNAMA