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Diplomacy
Japan Advises its Citizens to Consider Evacuating Tunisia
Monday, January 17, 2011
Tokyo - (PanOrient News) The Foreign Ministry in Tokyo warned Japanese citizens staying in Tunisia "to consider the possibility of evacuating" that country, to avoid danger related to the "severe, unstable security situation" there.
A statement by the Travel Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo said that emergency law has been declared in Tunisia, where the police seem not to be able to maintain order, and security and safety are decreased. The statement noted that there have been cases of looting by mobs, and public safety remains precarious.
To avoid risks, the travel office in the ministry also advised Japanese citizens planning to visit Tunisia to consider postponing their travel plans.
Meanwhile, media reports in Tokyo said that the Japanese Embassy in Tunisia had confirmed the safety of all 175 Japanese nationals in the country.
More street violence was reported in Tunisia's capital on Sunday two days after President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was ousted from power. Ben Ali flew to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Friday night.
Tunisia is one of the top tourist destinations in the Arab World, with more than six million visitors to the country annually.
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