Cairo (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, on Saturday (April 23) once again evacuated 14 Indonesian nationals to Jakarta following the escalating political crisis in the Middle Eastern country.

The embassy in its press statement on Sunday said most of the evacuees were students.

The first phase of the evacuation process involving 24 people, mainly students, had been conducted on last April 15, 2011, according to Agus S. Budiman, the chief of the Indonesian embassy`s political function, concurrently the head of the evacuation task force.

Ten Indonesian stewardesses working for Yemen Airways had been sent home by using a Yemen Air plane, and so 80 Indonesians visiting Yemen after performing minor hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Currently, 60 Indonesian nationals are being accommodated at the Indonesian embassy and ambassador`s official residence, and they will be evacuated next week.

The evacuees had previously stayed in Yemeni cities such as Sanaa, Taiz, Aden, Maarib and Saadah.

Indonesian Ambassador to Yemen Nurul Aulia said the evacuation cost was born by the central government.
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