Foreign Affairs Ministry recommends that Moldova's citizens abstain from travels to some regions of Ukraine

Chisinau, 21 July /MOLDPRES/ - The Foreign Affairs and European Integration Ministry (MAEIE) reiterates its call to Moldova’s citizens to abstain from travels to the Ukrainian areas which are temporarily occupied by Russia, from the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and the Crimea Peninsula. The decision was approved, ‘’taking into account Russia’s aggression war underway against Ukraine and the dramatic increase in the intensity of the hostilities in the south and east of the country.’’      

Thus, MAEIE calls on the Moldovan citizens to permanently be informed from safe sources, to stay cautious and be able to promptly adjust the plans of travel.

MAEIE recommends the maintaining of the contact with the embassy or the general consulate from Ukraine.

To get additional information and consular assistance, the citizens can appeal to the Call Centre, which can be contacted at the phone numbers 0 80 090 990 for free from fixed phone of any Moldovan settlement or the numbers +373 22 23 20 02. Operators have working schedule starting from Monday till Friday in the time interval 8:00-17:00 (Moldova’s time). Outside the schedule of work with people, you can send a message: by email to call.center@mfa.gov.md or to the Facebook page of the Foreign Affairs and European Integration Ministry.     

These travel recommendations are valid till new subsequent information and can undergo changes, as the situation evolves.